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Because of widespread fear of a strong central government at the time they were written and strong loyalties among Americans to their own state as opposed to any national government during the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation purposely kept the national government as weak as possible and the states as independent as possible. However, this led to many of the problems that became apparent once the Articles took effect.
Their land was taken over, as was their food source, making it hard for them to survive. They did not have the same rights as Americans either until 1924. They were forced to live on reservations.
In "The Petition of William Cobbett" in volume 33 of his political register, the author clearly refers to King James as "The Oppressor", who has raised money on arbitrary means and is not administering in a way it benefits the citizens of the kingdom. It is mentioned that King James raised the money in order to fund affairs regarding "army, navy and civil listing".
