C. A national government should protect people’s natural rights. The Articles of Confederation was the first official government organization in the United States. It was drafted after the Revolutionary War, in which the whole premise of the war was that Britain was not doing its job to protect the citizens natural laws(and idea coined by John Locke who heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of Independence). As a result, the Americans will want to ensure that their government does not encroach on their rights, but rather protects them.
