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Articles of Conf.
Articles of Confederation
Question | Answer |
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What are the Articles of Confederation? | America's first written Government. |
Who were the 2 Georgia signers of the Articles of Confederation? | Abraham Baldwin and William Few. |
What was the 3/5 compromise? | Support of slavery that allowed states to include slaves in the population count, Slaves counted 3/5 of a person. |
What was the Great Compromise? | when Abraham Baldwin, who created the Great Compromise, went from Unicameral (one house) to Bicameral (two houses) |
Strengths of the Articles of Confederation: | Set up Republican form of Government, established a self Government for the nation, and some of the powers, Declare War, coin money, Establish Post office, send/recall ambassadors |
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: | Not a strong National Gov't, No leader controlled the gov't, Congress couldn't establish a national army without permission from the states, taxes not collected, Laws could be made but not forced to obey, each state had one vote, no laws about trade |