The Articles of Conferderation and the Constitution

The first form of government for the United States was

• The Constitution

• The Preamble

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress could create a postal service.

• Congress could maintain an army and a navy.

• Congress could make treaties.

• Congress could not tax it's citizens.

The Second Continental Congress met to

• fix the Articles of Confederation.

• write the Declaration of Independence.

• write the Preamble.

• tax the colonists.

The Constitution was written because

• we wanted to be free of Britain.

• we didn't have a form of government.

• the Articles of Confederation had too many problems.

Under the Articles of Confederation

• the central government had all the power.

• the states were more powerful than the central government.

I was the oldest delegate at the convention.

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

The Virginia Plan favored

• the large states.

• no one.

• the central government.

• the small states.

The New Jersey Plan favored:

• the large states.

• no one

• the small states.

• the central government

I presided over and maintained order at the Constitutional Convention.

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• James Madision

This stated that there would be two houses in Congress. The House of Representatives would be based on a state's population. The Senate would give each state two representatives.

• The Virginia Plan

• The New Jersey Plan

• The Great Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise