Articles of Confederation Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Congress could pass ______ but could not enforce them.
  2. 5. The country that recognized U.S. independence in 1783.
  3. 7. Congress could declare ______ but had no power to draft soldiers.
  4. 11. The Articles required ______ states to pass major laws.
  5. 12. The U.S. struggled to gain ______ from foreign countries.
  6. 13. Congress could not raise an ______ under the Articles.
  7. 15. The Articles created a loose ______ of states.
  8. 19. The ______ branch did not exist under the Articles.
  9. 20. The rebellion that showed the Articles' weaknesses.
  10. 21. The ______ Ordinance set rules for new territories.
  11. 25. Amendments required ______ approval by all states.
  12. 28. The Articles created a weak ______ government.
  13. 30. States acted like ______ countries under the Articles.
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  1. 1. States had to ______ the Articles for them to take effect.
  2. 2. States controlled their own ______ under the Articles.
  3. 3. Congress had no power to regulate ______ trade.
  4. 6. Congress had no power to collect ______.
  5. 8. The Articles of Confederation were ________ in 1781.
  6. 9. The ______ of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War.
  7. 10. The Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War was negotiated in _________, France..
  8. 14. Congress could print ______ but it was often worthless.
  9. 16. The Articles could not resolve ______ between states.
  10. 17. States argued over ______ land claims before ratification.
  11. 18. Congress could not pay off ______ from the Revolutionary War.
  12. 22. Each state had ______ vote in Congress.
  13. 23. The Articles created a ______ central government.
  14. 24. The ______ Continental Congress wrote the Articles.
  15. 26. The Articles described the U.S. as a "league of ______."
  16. 27. The country that blocked U.S. trade on the Mississippi River.
  17. 29. Printing too much money caused ______ under the Articles.