Articles of Confederation: America's first government

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when was the annapolis convention?

1786

Where do they plan to meet after the failure of the annapolis convention?

Philadelphia in 1787

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

divides land into territories and set requirements for admission of new states.

What did each state do under the Articles of Confederation?

send representatives to congress, which helped plan and direct war.

How many votes did each state get?

1 per state regardless of population size.

how many people show to the annapolis convention?

12 reps from 5 states

Why couldn't congress tax the colonies?

Each state levied its own taxes, because of this congress couldn't pay off national debt

Ordinance

Law

What was called to discuss changes?

a convention in Annapolis Maryland

What was Shay's Rebellion

a rebellion that convinced many people that the articles needed serious revision.

What were some rules set by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

a three step process, new states would be equal to old states.

What kind of government was this?

a unicarmeral government,

What were the Articles of Confederation about?

an agreement by the states to work together

What is a confederation?

an alliance of independent states

What were problems with the articles?

congress could not tax the colonies

What was the only problem with congress?

congress had no power over any state?

what was bad about the original way the colonies ruled themselves?

each state had its own government, fights, money, and they acted independent from each other

besides the northwest ordinance, what was another success?

federalism

What was the government gridlock

for a law to pass, 9 of 13 states had to agree, very few laws were passed

Why was the 1st constitutional convention called?

need unifying document for ALL STATES 1777

Who gets what land?

solved by the land ordinance of 1785 which surveyed land.

Can national government share power with states?

solved with the articles of confederation

What was the only big success under the Articles of Confederation?

the Northwest Ordinance

What was an effect of Shay's Rebellion

the writing of the constitution

Why couldn't congress fix trade problems between state?

they weren't allowed to regulate it

what were some reasons for a desire for cahnge?

to gcreate a government that can do something, fix many problems facing the states, and people aren't smart enough to govern themselves.

Why was this government weak?

very weak central government, no judiciary, no executive, and only one legislature with little power


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