One of the major weaknesses under the Articles of Confederation was that most of the power was given to? Congress the states the president the federal courts

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Shannon Owen

Social Studies

17 June, 08:27

One of the major weaknesses under the Articles of Confederation was that most of the power was given to? Congress the states the president the federal courts

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Carissa Gross · Answer 1

The states. The colonies, having just broken away from the dictatorial Great Britain, were distrustful of a strong central government. Fearing tyranny, they decided to put most of the power in the hands of the individual states. This, however, just complicated things and it was a huge mess.