Because the british government had imposed taxes on colonists without representation, the drafters of the articles of confederation

Established strong state governments, and a weak central government.

One of the main problems that the colonists complained about was "taxation without representation." This meant that the colonists were forced to pay taxes to the Crown in the UK, but were not allowed to have representatives in the British Parliament.

When independence was achieved, the drafters of the Articles of Confederation wanted to avoid this problem. One of their solutions was to give most power of legislation to the states. They felt that people's interests are better represented at state level because only residents of the state hold knowledge of what benefits their own community. Laws can be drafted to reflect this particular reality, instead of designing federal laws that apply to all states, regardless of their particular characteristics.

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