Across
- 3. Where was the 2d Continental congress held.(state)
- 8. When a group of angry farmers(shays' Rebellion) revolted against the government of Massachusetts, who was there to stop them?
- 9. Declaring ___ is was a power exclusively held by the national government, under the articles of confederation.
- 12. When did the constitution go into effect.
- 13. The United states had no ability to ___.
- 15. The second continental congress was made up of representatives from the 13 ________.
- 16. The Articles of Confederation were "______".
- 17. How many votes (out of 13 states) did it take for bills to become laws.
- 18. The Americans knew they could not beat with British without a ______ _____.
- 20. The states started taxing goods and even had their own ________.
Down
- 1. The continental congress chose a __________ from each state for the committee.
- 2. A new country was established by the _________ __ __________ on August 2, 1776 after the American Revolutionary war.
- 4. What was America's first constitution.
- 5. One of the powers congress had was signing ______ with other nations.
- 6. The army was disbanded because ________ could not tax the states so they had no money.
- 7. The ___________ ____ is where a new constitution was written.
- 10. _________ ________ hated three things, congress the world and himself.
- 11. The time from when the united states became independent and the constitution went into effect was a ________ year gap.
- 14. In article 1 of the articles of confederation it states "This ____________ shall be the USA".
- 19. What month was Declaration of independence adopted.