The articles of confederation represented the americans’ distrust of

I believe it made them distrust is more of a federalism government. This is where the states have most of the power. Remember, they got rid of it, because it was to hard to pass laws, get money, enforce laws, and even to get military members because they basically all had to be provided by the states.

The articles of confederation represented the Americans’ distrust of a strong, central government.

Explanation:

The Articles of Confederation (ratified in 1781) was characterized for giving full sovereignty and independence to the states at the expense of a weak government with few powers. The American leaders created it this way believing that by giving most of the power to the states, the central authority would not be able to turn into a tyrannical government and abuse from its powers like the British government did. This document, indeed,  represented the Americans’ distrust of a strong, central government.

literally just took the test, got a 100%. i couldn't be bothered to type it all out, so i just took pictures.

should be in order from q 1 to 35.