Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the challenges faced by the new nation by identifying the weaknesses of the government established by the Articles of Confederation.

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Essential Knowledge

Essential Skills

The Articles of Confederation was a constitution written during the American Revolution to establish the powers of the new national government.

• What were the basic weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Provided for a weak national government
• Gave Congress no power to tax
• Gave Congress no power to regulate commerce among states
• Provided for no COMMON currency
• Gave each state one vote regardless of size of population
• Provided for no executive or judicial branches in the government

• Identify and interpret primary and secondary documents to increase understanding of events and life U.S. history (USI 1a)
• Interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives (USI 1d)
• Analyze and interpret maps to explain historical events (USI 1f)