Articles of Confederation Flashcards

1
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What was the uniting goal of all the states after the Revolutionary War?

A

independence

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2
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What were all the states relucant to?

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a strong central government

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3
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What type of system did the republicans favor?

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republic

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4
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What is a republic?

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a government which citizens rule through elected representatives

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5
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What is republicanism

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the ideas that government should be based on the consent of the people

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6
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What did state constitutions do?

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limited the powers of government leaders and guaranteed specific rights; they aslo varied greatly in giving its citizens the right to vote

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7
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What were three questions the Continental Congress had to answer?

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  1. Representation? By state or popoulation?
  2. Can supreme power be divided?
  3. Who gets the western lands?
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8
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How many votes did each state get?

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1, no matter the size, wealth or populations

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9
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What was the name of the type of government that the Continental Congress created?

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Articles of Confederation

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10
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According to the AoC, what were the two levels of power?

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state government was supreme in some matters and the national government was supreme in others

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11
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What were the 7 things that the AoC gave the national government?

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  • declare war
  • make peace
  • sign treaties
  • borrow $$
  • set standards for coins and weights
  • establish a postal service
  • deal with Native American Affairs
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12
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What were two big things that the AoC didn’t create?

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an executive and legislative branches

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13
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When did the AoC start its effect? What was the hold up?

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1781 because all the states had to approve

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14
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Land Ordinance of 1785

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established a plan for surveying the land west of ht Appalachians

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15
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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divided the lands into territories and set requirements for admission of new states

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16
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Describe the town ships

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  • 6x6 miles
  • each section was 1 square mile
  • $1.00 per mile
  • section 16 was dedicated to school
17
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3 stages of becoming a state

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  1. Congress would appoint a territorial governor
  2. when the territory reached 5,000 voting residents, the settlers could write a temporary constitution and elece their own governor
  3. when the territory reached 60,000 residents, they cuild write a state constitution to be approved by Congress
18
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What were some of the extreme weaknesses of the AoC?

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  1. laced national unity
  2. Congress could not regulate interstate or foreign trade
  3. changes could onlt be amde unanimously
  4. Congress did ot recognize pop difference
  5. Congress could not tax to pay off war debt
  6. no exectuive or judicial branch