1. What power did Congress have under the Articles of Confederation? What were three specific weaknesses of this document? 2. What was the Northwest Ordinance? Why was such law thought up? Exactly what guidelines had to be followed to create a state?

3. What was the Stamp Act? Why was it considered both taxing economically and politically on the colonists? As a result of this Act what organization developed? What was its slogan?

4. Who was Great Britain at war within North America? How did this war affect Great Britain? Why did Great Britain begin taxing the colonists?

5. What are two basic ideas the Declaration of Independence? Explained how it changed from its first draft. Give a rational (Reason) for why it was changed. In your opinion, should it have been changed/ Explain why or why not.