Creating a Constitution

There was so much unclaimed territory after the Revolutionary War.

• True

• False

The Continental Congress adopted the articles of Confederation and Perpetual Communion on November 15, 1777

• True

• False

The Ammendments were part of the original Constitution draft.

• True

• False

The Articles of Confederation were not ratified until March 1, 1781.

• True

• False

All 48 continental states would have a delegation to send to the capital city once a year.

• True

• False

The Congress was what we now know as the Legislative Branch.

• True

• False

The Executive Branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.

• True

• False

One of the following premises is something the Congress couldn't do to boost the economy

• impose taxes

• create laws

• dhave delegates

• declare war

Without the power to tax, the government depended on states _____________ for funding, which weren’t successful.

• taxes

• people

• contributions

• debts

They started selling land west of the Appalachian Mountains, although it was ________________ territory.

• African American

• Native American

• British

• Spanish