The Articles of Confederation were designed with the fear that a strong central government would become autoritarian and dictatorial like they perceived the English monarchy to be. That's why they didn't give it tax collecting powers nor a standing army, instead it depended on the states for revenue and protection.
The official definition for the word confederation is "an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league."
The Articles of Confederation.
What articles? If Articles of confederation then yes with a sort of attached to it.
the articles of confederation
Articles because the Constitution has 7 articles.
Articles of Confederaton
giving the states power
VerY good forcing them to write a constitution
VerY good forcing them to write a constitution
Land Ordinance of 1785
* artivles of confederaton
Congress did not have any money and it did not have the power to raise money.
The sum of all fears.
The Articles left most of the power in the state governments due to fears of recreating a strong central power like the British Monarchy. A+LS: within the states
The official definition for the word confederation is "an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league."
Extreme fears are called phobias. Irrational fears are called irrational fears.
The Articles left most of the power in the state governments due to fears of recreating a strong central power like the British Monarchy. The need for a revenue stream was widely conceded. Under the articles, Congress lacked authority to levy taxes. Instead, it could request the states to contribute money to the common treasury, which was not sufficient for the federal government