1. Terms to Know
Before you begin, make sure you are familiar with the following terms:
Confederation
Federation
Articles of Confederation
Shay’s Rebellion
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Northwest Ordinance ’84,’85’,87
NOTE: the right of deposit – means to allow to use as a port deposit your goods and make trade.

2. Strengths & Weaknesses T- Chart
On the next slide you will see a list of facts about the government under the Articles of Confederation.
Use the list to make a T-Chart on the strengths and weakness of the Articles of Confederation government.
When finished, write a paragraph stating weather or not you think this goverment was a good government to lead the United States. Be sure to explain why or why not.

3. “Articles of Confederation – The Challenge of Sovereignty”
No separate executive
Northwest Ordinances
1784, 1785, 1787
One vote per state
No federal courts
Shays’ Rebellion
British retention of forts in the
Northwest
No regulation on interstate commerce
Boundary disputes between the
states
No power to tax
States taxed each other’s goods
Kept the states together
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Federal aid to education
(Northwest Ordinance of 1785
No national currency
Members often failed to attend
Congress
Inability to protect settlers from
Indians
Spain’s denial of right to deposit
at New Orleans
Little trade with Britain