Congressional committees would handle executive and judiciary functions

							                                       Ch. 2, Sec. 3
                                    The Critical Period


THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

1. Describe the structure of the government set up by the Articles of Confederation.
Congress was unicameral and was the only branch of government. Congressional
committees would handle executive and judiciary functions. Congress would choose the
president of the legislature (not the same as the President of the U.S.)

Fill in the chart below with the 10 powers granted to Congress under the Articles.
               Congressional Powers Under the Articles of Confederation
2. make war and peace                         7. establish post offices

3. send and receive ambassadors                  8. build navy

4. make treaties                                 9. raise army by asking States for troops

5. borrow money                                  10. fix uniform standard of weights and
                                                 measures
6. set up monetary system                        11. settle disputes among States

12. What obligations did States have to one another?
To treat citizens of other States equally; to give full faith and credit to acts, records, and
judicial proceeding of other States; to surrender fugitives to each other; to permit open
trade and travel between States; to submit State disputes to Congress for settlement

13. What obligations did States have to citizens?
To protect life and property; to promote the general welfare of the people

14. What powers did Congress not have?
The power to tax, the power to regulate trade between the States, and the power to
exercise its own laws

THE CRITICAL PERIOD, THE 1780s

15. What government action took place in response to Shays’ Rebellion?
The Massachusetts legislature passed laws that eased the burden of debtors

A NEED FOR STRONGER GOVERNMENT

16. What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation to better suit the needs of the U.S.