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- 3. Who fled to Canada and England after the Revolutionary War and felt as if they didn't fit in the place they once thought was their home.
- 5. England won all the land that was peopled by Indian tribes from west to the Mississippi River because of the Treaty of ________.
- 7. After the Revolutionary War, the states were in ______ which caused different legislatures to tax.
- 8. _____ of the thirteen states had to approve a bill in order for it to be passed on the Articles of Confederation.
- 9. They wrote the Articles of Confederation because the thirteen colonies had to be ________ in order for them to be able to fight off the British and receive loans from Spain and France; they had to be like the name of our country.
- 10. The framers of the Articles of Confederation created a ________ government intentionally because the states did not want to limit their power.
- 12. With the idea of trying to have people buy goods locally, what did the states do to the goods manufactured in other states?
- 14. Who still had forts on American soil even after the Articles of Confederation.
- 16. What lost its power with the Articles of Confederation and gave most of it to the states; it didn't have the right to tax or force people into the army.
- 17. Due to the reason that the federal government did not have enough money to form a force against Shays' Rebellion, which group of wealthy people decided to form their own militia and fight against them?
- 19. How many articles, also called sections, were in the Articles of Confederation, these described their confederation.
- 21. What did Shays Rebellion, who protested against the tax collection, seize when they went to Springfield to try to get the legislature to make changes to the law?
- 22. With states having the ability to print such an abundance of money, the value of money became _____ valuable.
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- 1. The Confederation Congress, the new central government created by the Articles of Confederation, replaced the ___________ Congress.
- 2. The Articles of Confederation passed during the Revolutionary War was our first ____________.
- 4. Alexandar __________ hated Congress, the world, and himself.
- 6. Although all of the delegates from the colonies had the same number of votes, they all had a different number of what?
- 11. Only the _________ government had the power to declare war, make treaties with other countries, and print money.
- 13. In Massachusetts, Shays' Rebellion was a group of what; they protested against tax collection.
- 15. In 1787, with the idea of trying to make changes to the Articles of Confederation, delegates all met up at the _____________ Convention in Philadelphia.
- 18. The Articles of Confederation had ____ branch.
- 20. With the actions done by the Shays' Rebellion, leaders such as George Washinton realized they needed which type of government to be stronger; this led to eventually them realizing they needed a new constitution.