Question

What were the Articles of Confederation? A. a document created by the Continental Congress that served as a governmental plan for the nation as a whole
B. a document created after the states had written their constitutions that included the powers and rights the states had not specified
C. a document created after the states had written their own constitutions that included the provisions that were common to every state’s constitution
D. an agreement among the states to allow a central government to tax the states and regulate trade

Answer 1

The answer is A because the Articles of Confederation was an early version of the constitution, it was the framework of the constitution. They based their government off of much of the information in the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was a basis for the US government at the time.