Across
- 4. after debating how to fix the Articles of Confederation, lawmakers scrapped the document and started drafting the _______, to replace the Articles...and still governs today
- 5. this "second" colonial American governing body, headed by John Dickinson, drafted the first plan to govern the US after Independence
- 8. this civilian uprising of farmers led to the revising of the Articles to create a stronger Federal government that led to a convention of states in 1787
- 9. term used to signify that a state has "approved" a government proposal
- 10. each state could create their own money or ______, which made trade difficult in the Confederation period
- 11. one of the only successes of the Confederation period was that it was able to sign a Treaty with _____ in 1783
- 12. in the Articles of Confederation, "these" were more powerful than a central, federal government
Down
- 1. this term means a "league of friendship" between the 13 States
- 2. a one chamber law making body (legislature)
- 3. the primary author of the Articles of Confederation
- 6. this law signed in 1787 created the terms by which western territories became states after the Revolutionary War
- 7. the Articles were weak in once sense because it provided for no standing ____ to defend itself
- 10. the Articles provided for no _____ system, which meant that each state interpreted laws themselves, made it difficult for the government to settle disputes between states
- 13. states taxed imported goods from other states in the Confederation period. This tax is called a _____.