Constitution

Question 1

List the characteristics & weaknesses of the articles of confederation.

Answer 1

1. No power to tax
2. No power to regulate commerce.
3. no executive branch
4. No judicial branch
5. Passage of a law required 9/13 states
6. Passage of amendment is unanimous
7. Each state gets 1 vote in the confederation congress.

Question 2

Who is America’s first president?

Answer 2

John Hanson of Maryland

Question 3

What is the summary of weakness/ characteristic?

Answer 3

“League of friendship” created

Question 4

Describe the meetings for reform.

Answer 4

Initial meetings met at;

- Mt. Vernon, Virginia 
- Annapolis, Maryland 

Weren’t successful. So, they held a third attempt at
- independence hall, Philadelphia

Question 5

What happened in 1787?

Answer 5

• Meeting called in Philadelphia.

- Delegates decided to write a new set of rules. Making the constitution illegal.

Question 6

What are the USAs first set of governing rules and what is the time frame?

Answer 6

• the articles of confederation

- 1781-1789

Question 7

What government did the US and Britain have at the time?

Answer 7

Britain- unitary

US- confederate

Question 8

How does America remember its first president?

Answer 8

• statue in statuary hall in capitol

- John Hanson middle school. Waldorf, Maryland

Question 9

How did the constitution become legal again?

Answer 9

• ratified by states in 1789.

Question 10

Describe the “Surrender of lord Cornwallis” painting.

Answer 10

• battle of Yorktown, Virginia
• 1781
• kept in US capitol rotunda