Ch. 6 The Articles of Confederation

1. 1. Which statement identifies a major achievement of the Articles of Confederation?

• The Articles created a powerful national executive.

• The Articles established a single national currency.

• The Articles established a national government during the American Revolution.

• The Articles announced the reasons why the colonists had separated from England in 1776.

2. 2. How did these weaknesses affect the delegates to the Annapolis Convention in 1786?

3. * No Power to collect taxes

4. * No national court system

5. * No national currency

6. * No taxing authority

• They decided to give greater power to state governments.

• They asked the states to send representatives to revise the Articles.

• They drafted a bill of rights to protect the liberties of individual citizens.

• They encouraged groups of states to enter into their own separate arrangements.

3. 3. What was an important consequence of this situation?

4. "Under the Articles of Confederation, each state set its own taxes on imported goods-goods from other countries brought into the United States for sale. The Confederation Congress had no power to raise to lower these imported taxes."

• Debtors demanded that state governments print more paper money.

• Merchants demanded the Articles be revised to promote more trade.

• State governments demanded the right to tax exports as well as imports.

• Merchants demanded that the Confederation Congress create a national bank.

(SS7.CG.1.7) (a)   How did Shay’s Rebellion contribute to the desire to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Poor farmers felt they were not being treated fairly by the states.

• Debtors wanted a stronger national government that would create a stable currency.

• Property owners feared the national government was

Which speaker is most likely to have wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation? ​ strong national government. ​ bicameral legislature. ​ (a)   more power to the national government is not good. ​ The Executive branch should have more power.​

• Speaker 1
• Speaker 3
• Speaker 4

• Speaker 3:

(a)   Why did many Americans feel a need to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• They wanted to give more power to the upper classes.

• They wanted to provide the right to vote to all citizens.

• They wanted to provide better safeguards for individuals rights of life, liberty and property.

• They wanted to create a stronger national government to protect Americans from invasion or domestic unrest.

Based on the passage, which conclusion can be drawn about the Articles of Confederation? "The states were quick to look to Congress for support when British troops were marching across their farmlands and through their own towns and cities, but as soon as the danger left, Congress' pleas for contributions (taxes) fell on deaf ears. Few Marylanders saw the need to finance a war fought in NY, and few Virginians were willing to pay troops to defend Massachusetts."

• Each state was willing and eager to act in defense of the other states.

• The national government lacked the power to sign treaties with foreign countries.

• The Confederation Congress had the power to collect taxes in an emergency.

• The Confederation Congress had no way to enforce its requests for contributions (taxes).

Why did the Continental Congress create a weak central government in the Articles of Confederation?

• Former Loyalists demanded a weak government to protect their property.

• Wealthy former colonists wanted a weak government that they could control.

• The Treaty of Paris of 1783 had defined the structures of a new national government.

• Its members feared that a strong central government would threaten individual rights.

How did the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 demonstrate the strength of the Articles of Confederation?

• It showed that the Confederation Congress could sometimes act to meet national needs.

• It showed that the Confederation Congress had the power to resist British demands.

• It showed that several of the original states would be able to make claims on western lands.

• It showed that the Confederation Congress had the power to extend slavery to settlements in the west.

(SS.8.A.3.9) The excerpt below is from Article 2 of the Articles of Confederation. "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power and right...not expressly granted to the United States, in Congress assembled. " Which conclusion can be drawn from this excerpt?

• The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the power to tax the states.

• The Articles of Confederation established a strong central government.

• The Articles of Confederation allowed states to maintain their independence.

• The Articles of Confederation required states to follow federal laws.