The Articles of Confederation did not unify the states ad gave them too much power.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. It did not want a strong central government because it feared that the government that would over power the local government would be too powerful, so not much power was given to the central government. Thus they did not have much power to impose tax.
Thus the Article of Confederation gave more power to the state compared to the central government. But this created a problem of argument and jealousy among the various states of the country.
The spread of communism all over Europe served as a distractor to nearby countries.They increased the size of their militaries.The secret treaties with smaller countries.The help of other countries to fight Great Britain and America They increased the size of their militaries.
