Articles of Confederation: 1.3

Question 1

confederation

Answer 1

loose connection of states; form of government

Question 2

background (location)

Answer 2

Independence Haul, Philadelphia, PA

Question 3

summer 1776

Answer 3

2nd continental congress appointed committee headed by John Dickenson to create national government plan

Question 4

debate

Answer 4

strong, national government vs. local/state government

Question 5

Nov 15, 1777

Answer 5

1st American constitution adopted by Congress

Question 6

March 1, 1781

Answer 6

all 13 states ratified new constitution of “articles”

Question 7

problems

Answer 7

war debt, independence of individual states, and weak national government

Question 8

war debt

Answer 8

individual states owed money to foreign governments for their participation in the American Revolutionary War

Question 9

independence of individual states

Answer 9

states could set their own currency, tariffs, trade agreements with other countries, creating a lack of cohesion among the states

Question 10

weak national government

Answer 10

congressional powers limited: no taxation of states, no military, no trade regulation, and no national court system

Question 11

achievements

Answer 11

1783, laws regarding territory, nations 1st national government

Question 12

1783

Answer 12

under the articles, the states signed a peace treaty with Great Britain, officially ending the American Revolutionary War

Question 13

laws regarding territory

Answer 13

land ordinance of 1785: allowed governments to survey and divide land in Northwest Territory into townships of equal acreage (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin

Question 14

nation’s 1st national government

Answer 14

departments (foreign affairs, war, treasury) created, carrying over into current U.S. Constitution