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Continental Congress

In 1781, the ratified a weaker version of the Articles of Confederation. The ratification put all of the thirteen states under one central government. The Articles reserved to each state “it’s sovereignty, freedom, and independence” and established a government in which Americans were citizens of their own states first and then of the United States second. By the creation of this central government, it essentially possessed vast powers that were inferior to the states and created a weak government that was ineffective and inefficient.
As it is stated in Document A, the Rhode Island Assembly rejected Congress' proposal to impose a levy on imported goods. There was no authority to ...

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all agreed on it.
It is evident in Document B that after the Articles of Confederation had been passed, from 1784 and beyond; the gross income from exports to Great Britain had plummeted while the population of the United States continued to rise. By the late 1780’s, the states had fallen behind nearly 80 percent in providing the funds that Congress requested to operate the government and honor the national debt. The statistical chart in Document B shows that under the Articles of Confederation it had not profited the states because of the insufficiency of the government’s control. In addition, the inability of the central government to tax goods and the lack of economic support by the states made it extremely difficult for the central government to fund it’s agencies and repay the national debt. Another example of the Articles of Confederation incapacity to increase its income is in Joseph Jones’ letter to George Washington (Document C). Joseph Jones stated that due to the mixed ...

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