George Washington called the Congress under the Articles of Confederation a "shadow without substance" because under the Articles of Confederation the Congress was given very limited powers. The Articles of Confederation gave most of the power to states and did not give much power to the national government. Therefore although it created national bodies like Congress they were just a shadow because they had very limited powers and not much of an ability to institute any real policies.
If you are talking about the first air pollution problem its is A, almost about 100 years ago.
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4. <span>Formal </span><u>adoption</u> of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 by <span>Continental Congress.</span>
B. A political map that plots the ongoings of the event by location.