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| What was the first form of national government? |
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| The Articles of Confederation |
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| When did our first form of government begin to govern the United States? |
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Under the Articles of Conferation...
For a law to pass ___ states had to agree.
For an ammendment to pass ____ states had to agree. |
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law - 9 states out of 13 states
ammendment - 13 states out of 13 |
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| Under the Articles of Conferation, how many and what were the branches of government? |
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| What was the Land Ordinance of 1785? |
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| Division of northwestern land being sold per cubic meter. |
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| The Nortwest Ordinance allowed a territory to request statehood if what conditions existed? |
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| The territory had 60,000 free settlers and wrote a state constitution. |
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| Did the Articles of Confederation succeed? |
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| Why did the Articles of Confederations not succeed? |
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1. no power to draft army
2. no president
3. no power to regulate commerce among states
4. no power to tax
5. no power to settle disputes among states.
6. no national courts
7. no power to collect state debts
8. WEAK NATIONAL GOVERNEMENT
9. no common currency
10. one state got only one vote regardless of size |
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