Which of the following could the government do under the Articles of Confederation?

After the Lee Resolution proposed independence for the American colonies, the Second Continental Congress appointed three committees on June 11, 1776. One of the committees was tasked with determining what form the confederation of the colonies should take. This committee was composed of one representative from each colony. John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware, was the principal writer.

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1. The first official U.S. Government is best described as a:
2. Conservatives believed in:
3. Radicals believed in:
4. To ratify something means to:
5. The final draft of the Articles of Confederation placed sovereignty:
6. An impost can be described as a:
7. The Confederation Congress was established by which of the following documents?
8. The Second Continental Congress produced which of the following pairs of documents?
9. Which patriot wrote the Albany Plan of Union?
10. Thomas Jefferson wrote which pair of documents?
11. John Dickinson can be best described as:
12. What is Richard Henry Lee best known for?
13. Who was Daniel Shays?
14. George Washington can be best described as:
15. How many states had to ratify the Articles of Confederation before it officially established the first government of the United States?
16. Which of the following powers were granted to Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
17. What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention?
18. What state ratified the Articles of Confederation last?
19. Which of the following problems did Congress experience under the Articles of Confederation?
20. Which of the following can be described as a short- term cause of the desire for a stronger central government?
21. Choose the correct match of country and issue that the Jay-Gardoqui talks refer to:
22. What state was created out of the territory originally claimed by New York and New Hampshire?
23. What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery?
24. Why is the Ordinance of 1784 significant?
25. What colony of Great Britain was allowed to join the U.S. as indicated in the Articles of Confederation?
26. How did delegates get elected to the Confederation Congress?
27. How many years could a delegate serve in Congress?
28. How many years could a delegate serve as president of Congress?
29. For which issue did the Congress not require at least a majority vote of all delegates?
30. What nationalist politician tried unsuccessfully in 1781 and 1783 to pass an amendment that granted Congress the right to collect an impost on foreign trade?
31. Which state continually refused increasing the power of the Congress while attempting to force its creditors to accept devalued currency as repayment?
32. How many delegates was each state allowed to send to Congress?
33. How many votes does each state have in Congress?
34. How is taxation determined for each state?
35. Who manages the confederation when Congress is not in session?
36. How many states must be in agreement to declare war?
37. How many states must be in agreement to amend the Articles of Confederation?
38. Which state held the land claim that was contested by Maryland?
39. Who led the independence movement in Vermont?
40. Why did the Congress move from Philadelphia to Princeton during June of 1783?
41. On what date did the first U.S. government officially begin?
42. What river(s) did the Maryland and Virginia delegates intend to discuss at Alexandria?
43. Which states would be considered landlocked, and hoped for Congressional control of western lands?
44. Who would have been most affected by Jay's proposal to prohibit American commerce from the Mississippi River?
45. In what way did states antagonize each other?
46. Which of the following was the most chronic problem for Congress?
47. What were the east-west boundaries of the United States as defined in the Treaty of Paris?
48. What three Americans served to negotiate the Treaty of Paris?
49. What was the name of the first union of colonies formed for the purpose of mutual defense?
50. Who surrendered at Yorktown in 1781?
51. Which state did not attend the Constitutional Convention in May of 1787?
How did the government work under the Articles of Confederation?
Why is the government under the Articles of Confederation?

The Dickinson Draft of the Articles of Confederation named the confederation "the United States of America." After considerable debate and revision, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777.

The document seen here is the engrossed and corrected version that was adopted on November 15. It consists of six sheets of parchment stitched together. The last sheet bears the signatures of delegates from all 13 states.

This "first constitution of the United States" established a "league of friendship" for the 13 sovereign and independent states. Each state retained "every Power...which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States. The Articles of Confederation also outlined a Congress with representation not based on population – each state would have one vote in Congress.

Ratification by all 13 states was necessary to set the Confederation into motion. Because of disputes over representation, voting, and the western lands claimed by some states, ratification was delayed. When Maryland ratified it on March 1, 1781, the Congress of the Confederation came into being.

Just a few years after the Revolutionary War, however, James Madison and George Washington were among those who feared their young country was on the brink of collapse. With the states retaining considerable power, the central government had insufficient power to regulate commerce. It could not tax and was generally impotent in setting commercial policy. Nor could it effectively support a war effort. Congress was attempting to function with a depleted treasury; and paper money was flooding the country, creating extraordinary inflation.

The states were on the brink of economic disaster; and the central government had little power to settle quarrels between states. Disputes over territory, war pensions, taxation, and trade threatened to tear the country apart.

In May of 1787, the Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. They shuttered the windows of the State House (Independence Hall) and swore secrecy so they could speak freely. By mid-June the delegates had decided to completely redesign the government. After three hot, summer months of highly charged debate, the new Constitution was signed, which remains in effect today.

1. The first official U.S. Government is best described as a:

2. Conservatives believed in:

3. Radicals believed in:

4. To ratify something means to:

5. The final draft of the Articles of Confederation placed sovereignty:

6. An impost can be described as a:

7. The Confederation Congress was established by which of the following documents?

8. The Second Continental Congress produced which of the following pairs of documents?

9. Which patriot wrote the Albany Plan of Union?

10. Thomas Jefferson wrote which pair of documents?

11. John Dickinson can be best described as:

12. What is Richard Henry Lee best known for?

13. Who was Daniel Shays?

14. George Washington can be best described as:

15. How many states had to ratify the Articles of Confederation before it officially established the first government of the United States?

16. Which of the following powers were granted to Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

17. What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention?

18. What state ratified the Articles of Confederation last?

19. Which of the following problems did Congress experience under the Articles of Confederation?

20. Which of the following can be described as a short- term cause of the desire for a stronger central government?

21. Choose the correct match of country and issue that the Jay-Gardoqui talks refer to:

22. What state was created out of the territory originally claimed by New York and New Hampshire?

23. What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery?

24. Why is the Ordinance of 1784 significant?

25. What colony of Great Britain was allowed to join the U.S. as indicated in the Articles of Confederation?

26. How did delegates get elected to the Confederation Congress?

27. How many years could a delegate serve in Congress?

28. How many years could a delegate serve as president of Congress?

29. For which issue did the Congress not require at least a majority vote of all delegates?

30. What nationalist politician tried unsuccessfully in 1781 and 1783 to pass an amendment that granted Congress the right to collect an impost on foreign trade?

31. Which state continually refused increasing the power of the Congress while attempting to force its creditors to accept devalued currency as repayment?

32. How many delegates was each state allowed to send to Congress?

33. How many votes does each state have in Congress?

34. How is taxation determined for each state?

35. Who manages the confederation when Congress is not in session?

36. How many states must be in agreement to declare war?

37. How many states must be in agreement to amend the Articles of Confederation?

38. Which state held the land claim that was contested by Maryland?

39. Who led the independence movement in Vermont?

40. Why did the Congress move from Philadelphia to Princeton during June of 1783?

41. On what date did the first U.S. government officially begin?

42. What river(s) did the Maryland and Virginia delegates intend to discuss at Alexandria?

43. Which states would be considered landlocked, and hoped for Congressional control of western lands?

44. Who would have been most affected by Jay's proposal to prohibit American commerce from the Mississippi River?

45. In what way did states antagonize each other?

46. Which of the following was the most chronic problem for Congress?

47. What were the east-west boundaries of the United States as defined in the Treaty of Paris?

48. What three Americans served to negotiate the Treaty of Paris?

49. What was the name of the first union of colonies formed for the purpose of mutual defense?

50. Who surrendered at Yorktown in 1781?

51. Which state did not attend the Constitutional Convention in May of 1787?

How did the government work under the Articles of Confederation?

The Articles of Confederation created a union of sovereign states. An assembly of delegates acted on behalf of the states they represented. Because the smaller states feared the domination of the larger ones, each state had one vote in the Confederation Congress, regardless of its size or population.

Why is the government under the Articles of Confederation?

The Articles of Confederation represented an attempt to balance the sovereignty of the states with an effective national government. Under the Articles, the states, not Congress, had the power to tax.