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AP U.S. History Exam 2.13. How does the excerpt reflect the Articles of Confederation's approach towards the democratic goals of the American Revolution?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
- 00:03
And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by a democratic goal,
- 00:07
the game-winning play in a Congressional match.
- 00:10
Yeah. Go, Congress.
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All right. Check out this excerpt.
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- 00:13
[ mumbles ]
- 00:17
[ mumbling continues ]
- 00:20
All right, and the question:
- 00:22
How does the excerpt reflect the Articles of Confederation's
- 00:25
approach toward the democratic goals of the American Revolution?
- 00:30
All right, and here are your potential answers.
- 00:31
[ mumbles ]
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Okay, here we go. Well, after successfully fighting off
- 00:37
a powerful king, the founding fathers went to pretty great lengths
- 00:40
to make sure future generations wouldn't be royally screwed.
- 00:44
So did the Articles of Confederation reflect
- 00:47
the democratic goals of the American Revolution because
- 00:50
A - it prevented the formation of a legislative branch?
- 00:54
Well, actually, the central form of government under the Articles
- 00:57
was a legislative branch. It was also the only branch.
- 01:00
And a pretty ineffective one, at that.
- 01:02
All right, according to the excerpt, did the Articles of Confederation
- 01:04
approach the democratic goals of the Revolution by
- 01:06
B - allowing free trade and commerce between states?
- 01:10
Well, although the Articles allowed free trade and created a
- 01:12
pretty strong bond between states,
- 01:14
those two goals weren't necessarily at the top of the Revolution's wishlist.
- 01:17
So no on B and no on C.
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Which means the Articles most reflected
- 01:22
the democratic goals of the American Revolution by D -
- 01:24
giving power to the states rather than to the central government.
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Having already dealt with some severe royal pain,
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the founding fathers gave more power to individual states
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rather than a strong central government.
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So D is the right answer.
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The founding fathers may have gone a little overboard
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with the weak executive, but after living through such a
- 01:41
protracted battle royale,
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they saw the king of the castle as more of a... hassle.
- 01:46
[ oh ]
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