1-The Articles of Confederation demonstrated a distrust of a strong national government. What were the historical and

philosophical reasons for this distrust?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having one branch

of government?

3. Why do you think the smaller states were satisfied with

government under the Articles of Confederation?

4. For each Article create a list of advantages to the states and/or

to the national government resulting from the Article.

5. Create a second list of the disadvantages to the states and/or to

the national government resulting from the Article.

6. Many people today continue to distrust the federal government.

In your opinion, is such distrust justified? Explain your position.