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AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 3: 1754–1800. Why was the power to declare war granted to Congress by the Articles of Confederation ineffectual?
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 3: 1754-1800. The structure of the government that the Articles of Confederation established most clearly reflects the R...
AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 3: 1754-1800. In the Articles of Confederation, the issue of slavery was...what?
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AP U.S. History 4.2 Period 3: 1754-1800. Which of the following developments best serves as evidence for the continuation of the excerpt's argument?
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Thank you And here's your shmoop du jour brought to
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you by the founding of america Now if only we
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could find our keys Come on george All right check
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out the excerpt Disinclination individual states Now for a question
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which of the following developments best serves as evidence for
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the continuation of the excerpts argument and hear your potential
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answers are increasing rites Okay well this one's no problem
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As long as we keep in mind that washington is
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arguing that american needs a stronger federal government Well d
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claims that this idea helped to spark the french revolution
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That's not true Yeah the american revolution did inspire the
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french one but the french weren't all that concerned with
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american frustration over the articles of confederation french were a
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little too busy with more important things like sneakily naming
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toast and fries after themselves Option b is also a
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no The first continental congress took place in response to
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the coercive Acts back when the 13 states were still
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thirteen colonies So unless time travel had been invented there's
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no way it could have been inspired by the ideas
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in washington's letter But hey you never know that ben
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Franklin was an inventive guy all right let's check out
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eh The bill of rights was about guaranteeing individual freedoms
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not creating a strong federal government So creating the bill
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writes is wrong right We're going to say yes but
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all those rights and wrongs were confusing so let's just
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move on to see Luckily for us that happens to
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be our correct answer George washington wasn't alone when it
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came to his wish for a stronger more centralized government
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Despite the protests of many state governments important political leaders
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decided to put an end to the limitations of the
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articles of confederation They replaced the articles with the constitution
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which created a strong federal government that was kept in
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it's place by various checks and balances these days We
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also have the media to keep the government in check
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and yoga to keep them balanced It seems to be
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working so far Um
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