Articles of Confederation

This was the First written Constitution of the U.S.

• Constitution

• MayFlower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independance

One problem with the Article of Confederation, was the Government needed to pay it's debts, so in order to do this it had to request money from who?

• Foreign Allies

• Britain

• France

• The States

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

• King George III  was still in charge of USA
• Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power
• The American army did not win their independence from Great Britain and King George III
• Weak? It was very strong

Because of the Articles  of  Confederarion the government could NOT regulate(control) ______ among the states.

• food quality
• laws
• travel
• commerce (trade)

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?

• Zero
• One
• Two 
• Three

How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?

• One
• Zero
• Two
• Three

Which type of legislative branch did the Articles create?

• bicameral

• unicameral

• tricameral

Why could the government under the Articles of Confederation NOT resolve disputes between states?

• No national executive branch

• Unanimous vote required to change the Articles of Confederation

• National government with no power to tax

• No national judicial branch