| A | B |
|---|
| first attempt at a national or federal government | Articles of Confederation |
| Articles of Confederation | basic law for colonies during Revolutionary War |
| Articles of Confed. were weak | colonists reluctant to give too much power to central govt. |
| Shay's Rebellion | Mass. farmers who were losing their farms |
| This power lacking in Articles of Confed. | taxation |
| Changes in Articles of Fed. required approveal by whom? | states |
| Impt. laws required approval by whom | 9 states |
| Court system prior to 1787 | state courts--no federal courts |
| What colonists feared | a new central govt. would be like a king |
| Articles of Confed. | acted as first constitution |
| When did Articles become basic law | during Revolutionary War |
| Articles of Confed. remained in force until when | 1787 |
| civil rights | personal rights protected by the Constitution |
| Paul Cuffee | free Black colonialists who protested paying taxes |
| only solution to shortcomings of Articls | stronger central govt. |
| prior to 1787 | only states had constitutions |
