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What was our nations first government?
a) The Constitution
b) The Articles of Confederation
c) The Bill of Rights
d) The Declaration of Independence

What war ended that made the American people need their own form of government?
a) Civil War
b) World War II
c) French and Indian War
d) Revolutionary War

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
a) To further establish a relationship with Great Britain
b) To help govern the 13 states.
c) To establish a relationship with Spain and France
d) I don't know

True of False: The Articles of Confederation was a successful government?
a) True
b) False
c) ...
d) ...

All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT:
a) No power to tax
b) No common currency
c) No Executive Branch
d) No Legislative Branch

How many votes did each state get when deciding laws for the nation?
a) 1
b) 2
c) It was based on the population
d) 3

Why did our Founding Fathers create a weak national government under the Articles of Confederation?
a) They didn't know how to make a strong one.
b) They were afraid of a strong national government because that is what Britain was to them.
c) They expected to add more powers as time went along.
d) They wanted to make sure that France couldn't get involved.

He lead a rebellion in Massachusetts because former American Soldiers never received their pay from Congress and they couldn't pay back their loans and lost their farms.
a) Daniel Shays
b) John Adams
c) Samuel Adams
d) John Brown

What did the failure of the Articles of Confederation lead to?
a) The creation of a whole new country
b) The creation of the Constitution
c) The rewriting of the Articles of Confederation
d) The adoption of the Magna Carta.

He was elected President of the Constitutional Convention.
a) George Washington
b) John Adams
c) James Madison
d) Thomas Jefferson

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