MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Articles of Confederation, a President would lead the country. Under the Articles of Confederation, states would be independent. The Articles of Confederation were easy to change. Under the Articles, states with more people got more votes in Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because the smaller states feared the domination of the larger ones, each state had one vote in the Confederation Congress, regardless of its size or population. Any act of Congress required the votes of nine of the thirteen states to pass.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Articles of Confederation were easy to change. The more people a state had, the more votes it got in Congress. Congress did not have the power to collect taxes. Congress could pass laws and force states to follow them.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Articles of Confederation created a Nation that was “a league of friendship and perpetual union, ” but it was the state governments that had most of the power under the Articles, with little power given to the central government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Article 5: Creates the Congress of the Confederation. Each state gets one vote in the congress and can send between 2 and 7 people to participate in the congress.