Articles of confederations
Across
- 3. A union of sovereign groups or states for mutual support and shared governance.
- 5. Each state cannot have its own Army or declare war or sign peace treaties.
- 7. Created the Articles of Confederation
- 10. All states must abide by the laws of the confederation.
- 11. Gave the states power to appoint or elect military officers.
- 12. Nine states had to approve a new state joining, offered statehood to Canada.
- 14. Replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1788
- 15. Gave the name United States of America.
- 16. Set guidelines for the executive committee.
- 17. Each state gets one delegate vote.
Down
- 1. What month and year were they adopted by the Continental Congress.
- 2. All states will defend each other against agression.
- 4. Gave all the states sovereignty, freedom, and independence.
- 5. Name the rebellion in Massachusetts that made the leaders of the country begin to seriously question the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.
- 6. Each state must donate money for the federal government.
- 8. The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
- 9. Gives the congress the only right to declare war on another country.
- 13. All states are responsible for the national debt before the war.
- 17. Granted movement between the states.