5. FAC Articles and NWO

ratify

• to approve

• to fix

• to put out heat

• to reason out using logic

Articles of Confederation

• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

• America's first government

• established a method for adding new states to the union

• stated the American colonies' intention to be free

article

• a distinct, often numbered, section of a piece of writing often found in an official document

• a word that describes a noun

• typical or common

• a chemical that can cure or limit a poison's side effects

confederation

• the very last car on the end of a train

• a large stringed instrument found in an orchestra

• a technological device that figures out mathematical equations

• a loose alliance of states with a weak central government

unicameral

• a single lawmaking body

• a vehicle with only one wheel

• pertaining to something of which there is only ‘one’ example

• a making of ‘one’ from different parts

central government

• the national government

• the state government

• the city government

• the county government

diplomacy

• the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

• the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

• the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

• the skillful negotiation of treaties and relationships with other countries

sovereign

• outrageous behavior that is revealed to the public

• one who holds the power to rule a particular area

• a criminal who secretly brings illegal goods into a country

• the endurance of pain, hardship, or deprivation without complaint

Organize these options about the Articles of Confederation into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Weaknesses of the Articles

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(b) Strengths of the Articles

• 9 of 13 states had to approve any laws

• unanimous decision required to amend the Articles

• no executive branch to enforce laws

• Declaration of Independence

• no national court system

• could not tax

• Successful conclusion of the Revolutionary War

• Northwest Ordinance

regulate

• to gather

• grasp, understand

• to control by law

• substitute, swap