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Lesson 1 Exposing A Weakness

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Question 1

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What was the name of the first plan of government created by the Continental Congress?

Question 2

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Like the state constitutions, the Articles created a law-making body, which was called what?

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Question 3

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Is the letter from Frank Knox to George Washington a PRIMARY document or a SECONDARY document? Explain your answer using a complete sentence.

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Question 4

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Using what you have learned about Shays Rebellion, what do you think Frank Knox is trying to infer in his letter to George Washington?

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Question 5

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How did Shays Rebellion expose the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

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Question 6

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Each state had only ______ vote in Congress.

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Question 7

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That meant that little Rhode Island, with a population of 68,000, had the_____________vote as Virginia, which had more than ten times as many people.

Question 8

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Congress was always __________.

Question 9

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The Articles of Confederation did not allow Congress to __________. Only the state governments could do that.

Question 10

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Another weakness of the Articles of Confederation: to amend, or change, this constitution, all __________ states had to give their agreement.

Question 11

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Congress had no power to raise an ___________.