USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country did The Articles of Confederation state could join the United States if it wished?
A
Canada
B
Mexico
C
France
D
Britain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Article 11: Stated that Canada could join the new nation if it wanted. Article 12: Stated that the new nation agreed to pay for earlier war debts. Article 13: Declared that the Articles of Confederation were forever and could only be changed by the Congress of Confederation and if all the states agreed.

Detailed explanation-2: -If Canada chooses to declare its independence and agrees to the terms of the Articles of Confederation, it can join the union and become a fully sovereign state like the other thirteen states. This offer does not include any other colony but Canada, unless nine states agree to extend this offer to another colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the united states, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states. ARTICLE XII.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States’ first constitution.

There is 1 question to complete.