Question

What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? It created a strong national government with unlimited powers. It created a weak central government. It gave the states too much power. It was not supported by the British king.

Answer 1

When the Articles of Confederation were ratified they gave all power to the states, meaning it created a weak central government unable to tax.

Answer 2

It created a weak central government

The Articles of Confederation (1781), the first U.S.'s Constitution, was characterized for establishing a very weak central government consisting only of a Congress, it didn't even have a President, and for giving more power to the states, who had sovereignty.

Under the Constitution, the Congress had the power to make treaties and alliances, coin money, pay the war debts, maintain an army, appoint military officers, control Indian affairs, and to regulate foreign affairs, war, and the postal service. However, it did not have the power to levy taxes to the states to pay for those things, which eventually bring the newly independent America to an economic disaster