Guided Reading Activity 7-1 A More Perfect union Chapter 7 Guided Reading Activity 7-1 A More Perfect union

2. the legislative branch 3. Articles of Confederation 1. to stop the abuses of power in the states and also to keep power in the hands of the people 2. the legislative branch 3. Articles of Confederation 4. Could – conduct foreign affairs, maintain an army, borrow money, issue currency Could Not – regulate trade, force soldiers to join the army, tax

5. March 1, 1781 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands of the Ohio River 8. the Northwest Territory 9. there was no gold or silver to back up the paper money 10. collecting a 5% import tax

11. the British kept Americans out of the West Indies and other profitable markets 12. closed the lower Mississippi River to American shipping in 1784