The U.S did not want the Europeans to interfere/colonize our land
Britains divide-and-conquer strategy was not effective. Infact, Britains attempt to divide the colonies instead unified the colonies through the first continental congress. Boston was singled out for punishment for its radical opposition to British policies.
According to the Articles of Confederation, nine out of thirteen states must agree on a bill in order for it to become a law. In order to change the actual Articles of Confederation, all thirteen states must agree on the change. This shows one of the many flaws of the Articles of Confederation. Getting a significant amount of states to agree on a new law or all states to agree on changing the Articles of Confederation is extremely difficult. This made the federal government weak.
A. Hamilton did see the tariffs (taxes) very low, but he wanted them to be high so he created excise taxes on whiskey, which then angered many of those who love whiskey :)) getting drunkkk in the 1800s
