Lesson 4.1 The Articles of Confederation: A Weak Foundation

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Across
  1. 3. The action of transferring something from public to private ownership (a vocabulary term).
  2. 6. Congress could set up a system for this, but states often printed their own, causing economic chaos.
  3. 7. The power of Congress to send and receive ambassadors and manage international relations.
  4. 9. The total number of states that had to agree unanimously to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation.
  5. 10. A major success of the first government that established an orderly process for territories to become new states.
  6. 12. OF RIGHTS The first ten amendments added to the later Constitution to protect individual freedoms.
  7. 13. A formal written plan or set of rules for a government.
  8. 14. The massive financial obligation from the Revolutionary War that the government could not pay off.
  9. 15. To give up or transfer land, often to the national government to settle western land claims.
Down
  1. 1. The national court system that was missing, preventing the government from settling disputes between states.
  2. 2. The armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers that proved the central government was too weak.
  3. 4. The United States' first official form of government, created to avoid tyranny but resulted in a "League of Friendship."
  4. 5. The governmental branch (like a President) that was completely absent, meaning no one could enforce national laws.
  5. 8. A simple adjective summarizing the foundation of the first government established by the Articles.
  6. 9. Agreements with foreign nations that Congress had the authority to negotiate.
  7. 11. The power Congress lacked under the Articles, leading to financial instability and an inability to pay war debts.