HELP PLEASE 44 POINTS 1. How many powers do the states retain (get) under the Articles (Article II)?
2. What is the reason stated for forming the government (Article III)?

3. Which level of government (local, state, or national) has the power to tax (Article VIII)?

4. Which level of government has the power to issue money (Article IX)?

5. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this government?

•  Continental Congress—Colonies sent delegates to this meeting in 1774 to decide

on unified action against the Intolerable Acts

•  Governor—The head of a state government who carries out the laws of that state

•  Stamp Act—An unpopular tax by the British government to raise revenue in

the colonies

•  Townshend Acts—British taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea

•  Confederation—A group of states united for a common purpose but having a

weak central government

•  President—The head of the national government, who carries out national laws

•  Tariff—A tax, most often on imports

•  Treaty—Agreement between countries, often at the end of a war

•  Currency—Coins and paper money

•  Congress—Representatives who make laws

•  Treaty of Paris (1783)—Treaty ending the Revolutionary War, in which Britain

recognized the United States as an independent nation

the president has the power to appoint federal judges, ambassadors, and other "principal officers” of the united states, subject to senate confirmation of such appointments.

stewards ice box was the purchase of alaska from russia and it was called that because people thought it was not a good idea to purchase alaska