MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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Congress could tax citizens directly.
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Congress could draft an army.
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Congress could run the Post Office
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Congress could collect state debts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary advantage that the Articles of Confederation provided was its ability to maintain the independence and sovereignty of each state within the union. At the same time, the states could use the articles to band together, send ambassadors to other nations overseas, and handle territory issues.
Detailed explanation-2: -Article 1: Created the name of the combined 13 states as The United States of America. Article 2: State governments still had their own powers that were not listed in the Articles of Confederation. Article 3: The combined states were responsible for helping to protect each other from attacks.
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress’s most significant legislative achievement under the Articles was its passage of a series of land ordinances in the mid-1780s: the Land Ordinance of 1784, the Land Ordinance of 1785, and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.