Which sentence describes a major weakness of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?

The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution for the United States. It was adopted on November 15, 1777 and is known for holding a lot of weaknesses.

Although the Articles of Confederation was often criticized during this time for giving little to no power to the federal government, some people actually wanted to keep it that way. These people were called Anti-Federalists and they opposed the ratification of a new constitution for the United States. These individuals wanted to keep the federal government's power to a minimum and were scared a repeat with what happened with England would occur again, "taxation without representation" and unfair laws.

Federalists, on the other hand, wanted a new constitution. They believed the Articles of Confederation was too weak and more power to the federal government was needed drastically. Federalists were the ones who pushed for a new constitution, which eventually lead to the Constitutional Convention.  This was a meeting between very powerful people on how to fix the constitution to be better, which actually caused a whole new constitution. This constitution we still use today and is called the United States Constitution.

There were many reasons why the Federalists pushed for a new constitution and why the federal government should have been given more power.

Here are some weaknesses that the Articles of Confederation held:

the correct option is a

explanation:

the movement mainly consisted of white farmers from the south who sought the relieve of farmers from their hardship. hope this !

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the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.