What were the structure and powers of the National government under the Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation gave a lot of important powers to the individual states and only a few specific powers for the national government.

Explanation:

In the Articles of Confederation few powers were allotted to the national government because Americans were skeptical about having a strong central government with a lot of power. They feared this would lead to tyranny or what they thought of as oppressive rule. According to the Articles, the national government would be run by a Confederation Congress. Each state was only proportioned one vote in the Congress. The powers that were designated to the national government were: the ability to wage war and to enter peace agreements, sign treaties on behalf of the American people, and to issue money. Many of the other important powers were left to the individual states in the Articles of Confederation including determining taxes and enforcing laws.