Question

Respond to the following based on your reading.

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
When were the Articles ratified?
What was the purpose of the central government, according to the Articles?
What was the most important job of the Congress in 1777?
How many votes did each state have?
How many states had to agree to the law for it to be enacted?
What was the government prevented from doing by the Articles?
What happened to the government because it couldn’t raise money?

Answer 1

The Continental Congress needed written rules for how they were organized.

1781

Diplomacy, printing money, resolving arguments between states, and coordinating the war effort

The creation and maintenance of the Continental Army

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It could not raise its own revenue through taxation.

Bankruptcy

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Answer 2

The Articles of confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the U.S.