Articles of Confederation

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Across
  1. 2. The number of states required to change the Articles
  2. 3. A band of Massachusetts farmers who rebelled at the prospect of losing their land
  3. 5. This was perhaps the most pressing problem since we had borrowed heavily from foreign creditors
  4. 7. In February 1787 he persuaded the Confederation Congress to come to Philadelphia to revise the Articles
  5. 9. This established a plan for settling the Northwest Territory
  6. 10. The number of states required to pass any major legislation
  7. 12. Independence from Britain was secured by this in 1783
  8. 13. In June 1776, they turned their attention to creating a national government
Down
  1. 1. The first plan of government for the United States
  2. 4. The Articles denied Congress the power to do this
  3. 6. The Articles called for this type of Congress with just one vote per state
  4. 7. The last state to pass the Articles in 1781
  5. 8. Congress didn't have the sole power to do this so there was lots of different kinds being circulated
  6. 11. formally approved by all of the states