Question on Articles of Confederation for Tonight

Here are the notes we took today on the Articles of Confederation and the question for homework:

Articles of Confederation

States had __________ branches of government

• ______________: to __________ laws
• ______________: to __________ laws
• ______________: to __________ laws

Articles of Confederation central government had ________ branch of government
______________: to __________ laws (required _____ of 13 to ______ laws)

Articles of Confederation could not:

• ___________ (could only ______ states for ________)
• ___________ laws (left to _______)
• ___________ laws (left to _______)
• control _________ (each state could ________ money and impose ________)

To change Articles required _____ of 13 states to approve

Articles of Confederation government was ___________ ___________

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Here's the question for homework:
Knowing what you know about the colonies, their history, and why they fought for independence, describe why they intentionally created a weak government (a good paragraph)