Question

What are the powers of the state government in the articles of confederation

Answer 1

Answer:

During the first years of formation of the new United States of America, the ruling law of the land were the Articles of Confederation, which were basically a way to unite the freed states into a sort of union by friendship with little change in terms of inependence from one another, except united loosely when it came to possible outside threats. This time lasted between 1776 and 1789, after which, it was seen that the Articles of Confederation were not the most efficient, or effective way to rule the land, and a new Convention was started to create the new Constitution.

The powers that the Articles of Confederation gave the states were many. Since the central government did not have an executive, or judiciary branch, these two powers fell to the states. They had the power to tax, and each state could handle its affairs, independently from the others, more as if they were small countries just joined loosely by a common interest of protection. They also had the power of control over the only one branch of the central government, Congress, by sending representatives to it, where most of the decisions were made. They also had the power to decide wether to give money to the central government or not, it could not be taken from them, they had the power to regulate trade, both national and international, they had the power to send, or not send soldiers, if there was the need for an armed force, and even in the passing of laws by Congress was regulated by the power of the states as their representatives had to cast a vote on these laws for them to be approved.