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Articles of Confed.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | the first government of created after the Declaration of Independence |
| Confederation | a government system where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government |
| Shay's Rebellion | a revolt by 2,000 western Massachusetts farmers who marched on county courthouses to prevent land foreclosures |
| Taxes | Weakness: Congress could not collect _____. |
| Laws | Weakness: Congress could not enforce ______. |
| Trade | Weakness: Congress could not regulate ________. |
| 9/13 | Weakness: It was difficult to pass laws, needed _____ to agree. |
| 13/13 | Weakness: It could not change the Articles without ______ states agreeing. |
| Branch | Weakness: Only one ______ of government. |
| Unpaid Taxes | The farmers revolted in Shay's Rebellion because the government want to take their farms due to ____________ __________. |
| military | Shay's Rebellion showed the central government that they needed to be stronger because they did not have a ______________ to stop the rebellion. |
| Constitutional Convention | This is where the Articles of Confederation was fixed and a new constitution was created. |