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.

the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.

an early twentieth-century ad for model home blueprints

the image shown is not a reliable source. it is not a photograph taken of the event, and it is not a painting created by someone who witnessed the event. the image can be considered yellow journalism because it is sensational and exaggerated. the explosion did not likely cause bodies to fly in the air or create a large fireball, as shown here. the image was created to make the american public angry about the explosion, not to show what actually happened.

the painting is not reliable.

the painting is exaggerated.

the painting is inaccurate.

the painting was created to make the public angry, not to show what really happened.