5.1- Articles of Confederation

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What agreement served as the first constitution of the 13 original states?

Articles of Confederation

Read the quotation. "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." How did the Articles of Confederation successfully implement this ideal from the Declaration of Independence?

The Articles required 9 or more of the 13 states to approve new laws & The Articles gave equal voting power to all states in the Congress

The Articles of Confederation was exposed as an ineffective governing system because _[blank]_.

individual states could ignore the United States government.

How did the Articles of Confederation give limited powers to the national government?

It could not tax the people.


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