Powers of the Federal Government of the Articles of Confederation vs. United States Constitution 5/22/15 Term 4 Branden Sheehan Which document allowed the government to organize state Militia? The document that allowed the government to organize the state militia was the Militia Act in 1792. Which document allowed to coin money? The Articles of Confederation allowed individual states to coin their own money and regulate trade. In what ways are the two documents different? The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first constitution. The Militia Act of 1792 clarified whom the militia consists of being enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. In Congress they assembled, that each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident there in, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years and under the age of forty-five years (except as is here in after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia by the Captain or Commanding Officer of the company, within whose bounds such citizen shall reside and that within twelve months after the passing of this Act. In what ways are the two documents similar? Both were having issues with financial problems and were trying to figure out a solution to this problem. Sources My Sources are: Wikipedia.com - On the Articles of Confederation and the Militia Act of Answers.com Google.com Information on the Articles of Confederation and Militia Act. Bing.com American Revolutionary War images. Youtube.com On the Articles of Confederation and Militia Act. URLS Articles of Confederation - https://youtu.be/nUSQB5EZE0E https://youtu.be/nUSQB5EZE0E Militia Act of https://youtu.be/f4zpXaxg3is - (2:39) https://youtu.be/f4zpXaxg3is