Articles of Confederation Homework: Due on 10/6

Watch the video and answer the following on a sheet of your own paper. Questions 9 and 10 are the only questions requiring the answer to be in a complete sentence.  Do not write the question.

1) What was the first constitution of the United States?

2) Who led the committee to draft the Articles of Confederation?

3) From whom did the committee get inspiration in creating the Articles of Confederation?

4) When the Continental Congress adopt the Articles of Confederation?

5) How many states were needed to make the Articles of Confederation the constitution for the United States?

6) When did the Articles of Confederation become the constitution for the United States?

7) List the powers the congress under the Articles of Confederation possessed.

8) List the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

9) What main problem did the congress' weak taxing power have under the Articles of Confederation?

10) What effect did Shay's Rebellion have on the view of the Articles of Confederation?

11) When did state delegates meet to create a new constitution for the United States?