3.7 Articles of Confederation
Read the following excerpt and answer the two SAQs below.
Article I. The Stile of this confederacy shall be, “The United States of America.”
Article II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
Article In determining questions in the united states, in Congress assembled, each state shall have one vote.
Article X. The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states, in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the voice of nine states, in the congress of the united states assembled, is requisite.
Excerpts from the Articles of Confederation (1777)
Question 1
Briefly explain ONE specific event or development that led to the ideas expressed in the excerpt above.
Question 2
Briefly explain ANOTHER specific event or development that led to the ideas expressed in the excerpt above.
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