Question

Which one of the following provisions was part of the first draft of the Articles of Confederation submitted to the Second Continental Congress but not in the final version?
A. A limited central government
B. Government control over the unsettled western lands
C. State representation in government based on population
D. No right for the federal government to levy taxes

Answer 1

The Second Continental Congress was a meeting between the representatives of the thirteen colonies that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this meeting was to debate and  to establish the Articles of Confederation, also known as the first Constitution of the United States. The no right for the federal government to levy taxes, option D, was one of the provisions that was part of the first draft of the Articles of Confederation, but this was changed in the final version because the Congress was lacking money and power needed to achieve the Independence.