MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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They choose a government that focused on electing a new king
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They choose a government with a strong military presence
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They choose a central government who was unable to collect taxes
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They choose a central government that is capable of charging a lot taxes on trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Americans’ experience under British rule influence the form of government they established under the Articles of Confederation? The states were sovereign, just as the colonies had been under British rule. The new central government was not given any power to direct the military.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Articles of Confederation reflected the colonists’ fear of monarchy by granting the new central government limited power only over common affairs, while the states and their governments retained all powers that weren’t specifically given to Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1773, when the colonists of Massachusetts staged the Boston Tea Party in Boston Harbor, Parliament, with the king’s approval, hit the colony with the Coercive Acts (called the Intolerable Acts in America), which closed Boston Harbor and stripped Massachusetts of its ancient charter.
Detailed explanation-4: -The colonies knew they needed some form of official government that united the thirteen colonies. They wanted to have written down rules that all the states agreed to. The Articles allowed the Congress to do things like raise an army, be able to create laws, and print money.