Question

HELP PLEASE 44 POINTS

1. How many powers do the states retain (get) under the Articles (Article II)?
2. What is the reason stated for forming the government (Article III)?

3. Which level of government (local, state, or national) has the power to tax (Article VIII)?

4. Which level of government has the power to issue money (Article IX)?

5. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this government?

Answer 1

• Continental Congress—Colonies sent delegates to this meeting in 1774 to decide

on unified action against the Intolerable Acts

• Governor—The head of a state government who carries out the laws of that state

• Stamp Act—An unpopular tax by the British government to raise revenue in

the colonies

• Townshend Acts—British taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea

• Confederation—A group of states united for a common purpose but having a

weak central government

• President—The head of the national government, who carries out national laws

• Tariff—A tax, most often on imports

• Treaty—Agreement between countries, often at the end of a war

• Currency—Coins and paper money

• Congress—Representatives who make laws

• Treaty of Paris (1783)—Treaty ending the Revolutionary War, in which Britain

recognized the United States as an independent nation

Answer 2

1. How many powers do the states retain (get) under the Articles (Article II)?Each state retains its own sovereignty, freedom, independence, every power, jurisdiction and lastly rights. This is also no by the Confederation expressly delegated to the United states, in Congress assembled.

2. What is the reason stated for forming the government (Article III)?

The reason for forming the government is because the said states hereby severally enter into their common defense and the security of their liberties and the mutual and general welfare.

3. Which level of government (local, state, or national) has the power to tax (Article VIII)?

The states has the power to tax.

4. Which level of government has the power to issue money (Article IX)?

The states has the power to issue money.

5. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this government?

I think some strengths and weakness of this government is the major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply the weakness. The federal government, was under the Articles, and was too weak to enforce their laws and had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and will not repay their debts.