2. Critical Period Articles of Confederation

3. Critical Period w (8) The governing body was called the CONFEDERATION CONGRESS w (9) Acted as an “advisory” council to the states w (10) states could reject anything

4. Articles of Confederation w (11) Good accomplishments w Land Ordinance of 1785 - established townships – look at your 7.1 QAD w Northwest Ordinance – set up government in the frontier made rules for admission of states to the union

5. (12)POWERS w Make war and peace w make treaties with foreign nations w make rules governing captured ships w “help” states settle border disputes w manage Indian affairs

6. Powers w“w“ask” states for money to pay expenses wewestablish a mail (postal) system

7. (13) Powers Denied wEwEnforce Treaties wTwTreaty of Paris - Tories were to be protected and compensated wfwforeign governments avoided U.S.

8. Powers Denied wTwTAX

9. wCwCoin money- each state made its own

10. wRwRegulate interstate trade whwhad no federal executive and no federal courts

11. w(w(in box) Calling out troops wSwShay’s Rebellion- January 1787

12. (14) Money Problems wCwCongress known as the “Penniless Congress” wswstates were “asked” to contribute but were not required by law wfwforeign countries afraid of lending the United States Money

13. Money Problems wEwEconomic depression w“w“Representation but no taxation”

14. Money Problems (15) War Debt w(w(in box) Congress inherited old war debts w(w(under top box) issued “certificates of indebtedness”

15. Money Problems War Debt w(w(inside box) Issued paper money (called the Continental) w“w“called in” in 1780 – w paid 2 cents on the dollar