Ch. 6 Lesson 1 Articles of Confederation

What is a confederation?

• passed laws
• a partnership between states
• a strong central government
• all thirteen colonies

How many states had to vote for a new law to pass?

• all thirteen
• more than half
• nine out of thirteen
• a limited number

When were the Articles of Confederation approved?

• 1785
• 1786
• 1871
• 1781

Which is/are a result of the American Revolution?

• the country could not pay its soldiers
• the nation did not have enough money
• the nation could not repay the money they borrowed
• all of the above

What are "continentals"?

• nice cars
• valuable money
• money Congress printed
• borrowed money

Who protested against taxes?

• prisoners
• George Washington
• Congress
• farmers

Who was the farmer that led the tax protest?

• Daniel Shays
• Mr. Springfield
• Daniel Boone
• Benjamin Franklin

The Land Ordinance explained.....

• which public schools to open
• the Treaty of Paris
• ordinances
• how to divide the land

When could a territory become a state?

• with there were 60,000 free adult males living in it
• when there were 60,000 adults living in it
• in 1787
• when they had a governor

When did state representatives meet to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• when there were no slaves
• during Shay's Rebellion
• May 1787
• 1781