1. articles of confederation
read the 1985 dbq essay question and documents on the articles of confederation
carefully analyze each document and incorporate the information you gather from those
documents, along with your knowledge of the events and time period, into a well-crafted
essay to evaluate the following statement:
from 1781 to 1789 the articles of confederation provided the united states with
an effective government.
in your response, you should do the following
. state a relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question
• support the thesis or a relevant argument with evidence from all, or all but one of
the documents
. incorporate analysis of all, or all but one of the documents into your argument.
• focus your analysis of each document on at least one of the following intended
audience, purpose, historical context, and/or point of view.
• support your argument with analysis of historical examples outside the documents
• connect historical phenomena relevant to your argument to broader events or
processes
• synthesize the elements above into a persuasive essay