EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Question
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Union with a king as the chief executive
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Union in which states have equal power
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Union with a king as the chief executive
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Union that has a strong central government
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which sentence best describes the effect of the Articles of Confederation on the government? It granted sovereignty to each state. Which belief was generally held by the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention in 1787? A stronger central government was needed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both provide that the national government would conduct foreign affairs, although the Articles allowed for states to send and receive embassies with the approval of Congress. Both allow the Congress to set a system of uniform weights and measurements and to set standards for uniform coinage.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Articles of Confederation created a Nation that was “a league of friendship and perpetual union, ” but it was the state governments that had most of the power under the Articles, with little power given to the central government.