Articles of Confederation

What is a constitution?

• a president

• a type of war

• a written plan of government

What was the MAIN problem with the Articles of Confederation?

• They had too many laws.

• The Articles were too strong.

• The Articles were too weak.

Which of the following is an example of a weakness in the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes
• Weak national government
• Provided no common currency/money for all 13 states
• All of the  above

Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

• King George III was still in charge of USA

• Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power

• The American army did not win their independence from Great Britain and King George III

Farmers rebelled and shut down the courts because

• they did not want to lose their farms

• they wanted to rewrite the constitution

The Articles of Confederation were the first plan of government for the United States of America.

• True

• False

This event revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

• The Boston Tea Party

• Shays' Rebellion

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Massacre

Men who established the United States and wrote the Articles of Confederation were known as ...

• Founders

• Patriots

• Pilgrims

• Rebels

Under the Articles of Confederation, this part of the government struggled to pay debts because they did not have the power to tax.

• The president

• The founders

• Congress

• The Army of the Potomac

A form of government in which power is defined by a constitution.

• Monarchy

• Confederation

• Limited government

• Unlimited government