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Articles of Confederation
Study
Questions
1. Did the Declaration of Independence or the American Revolution establish the
United States as a free, independent, and recognized country?

2. The Articles of Confederation was the first..

3. What was the general concept/power structure of the Articles of Confederation?

4. What were ALL OF the weaknesses of the Articles?

5. What were ALL OF the strengths of the Articles?

6. Are the Articles of Confederation an example of limited government power?

Explain!

7. Why did the Founding Fathers create a weak central government?

8. What modern day states made up the Northwest Territory? (p.225 book).

9. What was the purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785?

10.

Describe the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance.

11.

What did the Northwest Ordinance state about slavery?

12.

What was the population requirement to become a territory?

13.

What was the population requirement to become a state?

14. Could territories send a representative to the U.S. Congress? If so, could they
vote?

15.

What did each state have to create before entering the Union?