MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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allowing Congress to collect taxes and regulate interstate commerce
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granting larger states more votes and representation in Congress
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providing a common national currency to promote interstate commerce
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establishing a national government without executive or judicial branches
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Detailed explanation-1: -Continental Congress, 1774–1781. The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shays’s Rebellion exposed the weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation and led many-including George Washington-to call for strengthening the federal government in order to put down future uprisings.
Detailed explanation-3: -They believed that a strong central government was necessary if the states were going to band together to form a nation. A strong central government could represent the nation to other countries. It could also control individual states that would not cooperate with the rest.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.