In a confederacy, there is no such thing as a strong central government and the purpose of a confederacy is to protect the states in it from foreign incursion, not to solve domestic problems which are all handled by individual local governments. The articles of confederation established such a confederacy of the first states and they needed the constitution in order to turn into a federation.
It was the "Articles of Confederation" that made the initial US system of government a confederacy, since this provided for a very "weak" central government that left most of the power to the individual states.
The factor that had the most influence in the transition from wandering tribes to the emergence of cities would be "<span>a. food," since it was a surplus of agriculture that allowed people to develop trades other than farming. </span>
During the time period 1939-1945 Churchill was the Prime Minster of Britain and he is mostly likely referring to the leader of Germany, Hitler because of his aggression and annexation of country's around him.
