What was the major weakness of the articles of confederation?

The major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it created a weak central government.

Explanation:

The Articles of Confederation were a document issued on November 15, 1777 by the Second Continental Congress, a meeting of the thirteen founding states of the United States of America.  They established a first Constitution which organized the thirteen States into a Confederation.

The Articles would be applied until the entry into force of the current Constitution, in 1789. They allowed the American Confederation to wage war, to negotiate treaties, to resolve the question of the western territories, and to print continental currencies and launch loans inside and outside the country. This organization was criticized by the proponents of a stronger central power and by the most populous states, which had like the least populated states only one voice in Congress.

The Confederation was weakened by the lack of income (it could not raise taxes, and depended on the contributions of the States of the Union), the diverging interests and the rivalries between States, in the context of the end of the war of independence and years following the peace of 1783.

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explanation:

the government closely monitored its finances to avoid another financial collapse.