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