This would be in your book we cant know the statistics they are using. But they probably remain in the state.
The correct answer is B) Only states could raise taxes, so the national government had a hard time paying its debts and expenses.
Ther Articles of Confederation was America's first constitution after breaking away from Great Britain. One of the main questions when developing this constitution was who would have the power to tax. Considering that taxation without representation was one of the causes for America's decision to leave Great Britain, it helps us to understand why this power was not given to the federal government. Rather, this power was given to state governments as citizens interacted more with their state government rather than the federal government.
I honestly think he was addressing how dangerous he believed the political parties were. Washington recognizes that it is natural for people to organize and operate within groups such as political parties, but he also argues that every government has recognized political parties as an enemy and has sought to repress them because of their tendency to seek more power than other groups.