One major weakness of the Confederation was that it could not deal with ????

One major weakness of the Confederation was that it could not deal with ????





a. drawing maps.


b. new states.


c. Native Americans.


d. the nation's finances.

One major weakness of the Confederation was that it could not deal with ????
The answer is D





While the Articles of Confederation was a plan of government based upon the principles fought for in the American Revolutionary War, it contained crucial flaws. It had no power of national taxation, no power to control trade, and Therefore, it could not enforce legislation. It had no direct origin in the people themselves; it knew only state sovereignty. Each state, therefore, had the power to collect its own taxes, issue currency, and provide for its own militia. The government could not govern efficiently because of a general lack of power to compel states to honor national obligations. The government’s main activity was to control foreign policy and conclude treaties. Economic credibility was a major problem because the government owed $42 million (more than $33 billion today) after the Revolutionary War, and the debt was mainly owed to American patriots. This financial obligation was not paid off until the early part of the 1800’s.
Reply:D-the federal government had no authority to tax the states.