The government under the Articles of Confederation was very "weak" in that it could only regulate trade between the states. Although its greatest achievement was that it allowed maximum freedom for citizens, its failure was that it could not tax the states adequately.
Answer:
The first answer "The government had failed to protect the colonists' basic rights." is correct
Explanation:
This would be correct because this excerpt is talking about the fundamental rights that they were born with (But for some reasons slaves were denied these "Basic human rights")
