Successes and Failures of the Confederation

Start with the Declaration, then the Enlightenment matching. Use the Confederation sheets and the Northwest Ordinance before moving on to the Constitution.

Sort Confederation events as successes or failures and name the Article behind each. The directions on the page read: Read the Articles. For each event, write S for success or F for failure, and the Article that explains it (write none if no Article gave the power). An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade Declaration and Founding Documents, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

It means a government gets its just powers from the people it governs. The Declaration's second paragraph uses it to explain why people may alter or abolish a government that destroys their rights.

Under the Articles each state had one vote and the states laid and levied the taxes. The Constitution gave Congress the power to lay and collect taxes and set up one supreme Court.

He wrote that when the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body, there can be no liberty. The matching sheet links this to the separate branches in the Constitution.