Question

The Articles of Confederation established the first form of an early national government for the independent states. According to the Articles of Confederation, who maintained control of the major powers of government?
a. the national government
b. the elected president
c. the individual states
d. the judicial branch

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The individual states

Explanation:

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government scope and power were very few and insufficient to lead the newly independent nation, in fact, it did not have a President and it only consisted of a Congress which did not even have the authority to collect taxes, as for the states, each one of them were given sovereignty, freedom and all power that wasn't expressly delegated to the government, meaning that they could create a wide range of laws involving collecting taxes and their own trading policies, for example.

Answer 2

Under the Articles of Confederation,it was the "C. individual states" who maintained control of the major powers of government, since the the Articles of Confederation was intentionally made to be "weak" in order to ensure that the national government did not become too powerful.