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