How Did The Articles Of Confederation Support A Weak Central Government

Decent Essays
Rasika Somasundaram
History 111
09/17/2017

Most Americans of the 1780s wanted the kind of government provided by the Articles of Confederation, despite its weaknesses becuase Most of the orignal colonies were settlements for various religious groups escaping expulsion in Europe. Also people wanting a chance to become landowners which they would never have otherwise or sent as laborers to work plantations to pay of debts . Some colonies wanted certain religious observations such as christianity and some people wanted freedom of religious. Most Americans favored a weak central government. The states would act as small, independent countries. They would act independently on most issues, working through the central government only to

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