Period3: Articles of Confederation Activity
Name: _____________________________________
Articles of Confederation
Directions: Consider the significance of each term. Divide the items into 3 or 4 categories. Lastly, label the categories.
Facts about the Articles of Confederation
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No separate executive
Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787
One vote per state
No federal courts
Shays’ Rebellion
British retention of forts in Northwest
No regulation of interstate commerce
Boundary disputes between states
No power to tax
States taxed each other’s goods
Kept the states together
Treaty of Paris 1783
Federal Aid to education (NW ordinance 1787)
No national currency
Members often failed to attend Congress
Inability to protect settlers from Indians
Barbary pirates raided shipping
Inability to repay French loans
Spain’s denial of right of deposit at New Orleans
Little trade with Britain
Categories
Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation addressed the needs of the newly independent
United States.
Thesis:
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