Why did United States representatives believe that it was necessary to change the Articles of Confederation? (Select all that ap
ply.) to allow Congress the ability to raise salaries for representatives
to address economic difficulties, such as the standardization of currency
to allow for the creation of a national army and navy
to provide for means of resolving conflicts between states
to resolve conflicts over western territories with foreign countries
The correct options are the options B. To address economic difficulties, such as the standardization of currency, and option D. To provide for means of resolving conflicts between states.
There were 13 Articles of Confederation and 13 states, the Articles were modified because it was a growing country, specially after the war, and the Articles had their limitations, they were focus on the central government, but on the other hand it gaves sovereign to each state. With the modification it was neither one not the other but a mixture of both of them, that made a more complete Constitution of the United States.
The Battle of Gettysburg represented the final effort of General Robert E. Lee to invade the north. He knew that if he could win major battles on northern soil, that the Confederacy would gain legitimacy and respect while damaging the Union resolve to fight.
By allowing the East India Company to sell tea directly in the American colonies, the Tea Act cut out colonial merchants, and the prominent and influential colonial merchants reacted with anger. Other colonists viewed the act as a Trojan horse designed to seduce them into accepting Parliament’s right to impose taxes on them.
