Read Article V. Article V Articles of Confederation For the more convenient management of the general interests of the united st
ates, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each state to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the Year. How does Article V reflect the principles of representative government and states’ rights? In your answer, define states’ rights in your own words.
Article V of the Articles of Confederation reflect representative government by granting to the states the right of having one vote and the opportunity to raise their voices in "determining questions in the United States" whenever the Congress assembles.
In short, states' rights, in this context, are the powers entitled to states rather than to the national unit alone, meaning that each state is sovereign and have jurisdiction over its affairs.
Perhaps the greatest factor that contributed to the rise of the Atlantic Slave trade was the incredibly high demand for sugar and tobacco in the Americas and Caribbean.
