Articles of Confederation Setup

Fear of a Strong Central government, no way to protect the Country, What weakness was this ?

• No power to draft an army

• no national court system

Which branch of government existed when the Articles of Confederation was created?

• Legislative (congress)

• Judicial (Supreme court)

• Executive (President)

• Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong

• average

• weak

• federal

Who was the president under the articles?

• George Washington

• Each governor voted on a president

• The most senior Senator

• There wasn't one

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax

• ask

• demand

• force

Which of the following was an example of a strength in the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• Provided no common currency amongst the 13th states

• Weak national government

• Provided a sense of unity and nationhood

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

Under the Articles of Confederation, congress would become the first _______________________.

• American newspaper.

• magazine articles written by George Washington

• uniform made for the army

• national government

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

• no common currency

• no executive branch

• no power to tax

• one vote for each state

The main cause for many of the rules in the Articles of Confederation was that the delegates at the Continental Congress...

• did not want to give the states too much power because they'd proven they were willing to rebel against a government.

• wanted to create a government that was identical to England's government.

• were concerned about giving the central government too much power because the King had used his power unfairly.

• wanted to unify the states together, which included creating one army and one type of currency.