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THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Directions: Complete these questions during the slide presentation.

1. What was the name of the document that established America’s first government?__________________________. Despite each colony declaring independence in the year ______________ and establishing the new nation called _________ __________________ _____________ of ________________________, each colony really became an independent _____________________!

2. After the Declaration of Independence where did most of the colonists’ loyalty lie? _________________. In fact, few felt loyalty to the new _________________. This attitude of loyalty to their ______________ continued into the ______________ _____________.

3. The A of C mirrored the structure of the ___________________ _________________________________.

4. Where were the A of C drafted? ______________________ When? ____________________. Who sent representatives? __________ Was this before, during or after the Revolutionary War? ____________

5. What does “confederation” mean? ____________________________________________. The A of C was an agreement between states to work together. The A of C formed a ________ central _________________. It was ratified in the year _________________.

6. Why did the new states want their own power? ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________.

7. List 4 things each state insisted on having the power to do:

1. Having their own government.

2. __________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________

4. Charging tolls for goods to enter their state

8. How did the individual states work together as a central government?__________________________ ____________________ and congress planned and directed the American Revolution. Who was NOT happy with the...