AOC

Question 1

States often chose not to pay taxes so the federal government didn’t have the power to operate- weakness

Answer 1

Why included - fear of being unfairly taxed

Question 2

States don’t send troops. We need protection- weakness

Answer 2

Why included- they feared a strong central government that would use the army to take away citizens rights

Question 3

Difficult to get 9 states to agree (simulation)-weakness

Answer 3

Why included- gave each state only one vote even though they could send 2-7 delegates. They wanted to protect individual states, peer so that one state wouldn’t dominate

Question 4

There was no group to judge federal laws and cases- weakness

Answer 4

Fear of central court that they might be unfair to states and people, unite government against them- why is included

Question 5

Nearly impossible to make any changes to the AOC- weakness

Answer 5

They wanted to make sure that every state, even small ones, could not be forced to do anything they didn’t want to do- why included

Question 6

Creates disunity among states. Some states almost get into a war- weakness

Answer 6

They wanted to have ultimate authority in resolving disputes - why included

Question 7

Trade difficult. Counterfeiting likely. $ not worth much- weakness

Answer 7

They were afraid of the control of the government controlling their economy - why included

Question 8

Each state made their own agreements which is complicated, they taxed each other, etc- weakness

Answer 8

They didn’t want the government make bc agreements about trade and alliances for them- why included

Question 9

No chief executive (no one in charge)- weakness

Answer 9

Why included- didn’t want to have a government like the kings’