Which statement best describes why the Americans created a loose confederation of states in the Articles of Confederation?

A. They wanted a central authority to rule over all the joined states.

B. They did not want a central authority like the British system.

C. They did not want congress to have the power to declare war.

D. They wanted the states to have a choice about signing the Articles.

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Elisa Mcmillan

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7 December, 03:16

Which statement best describes why the Americans created a loose confederation of states in the Articles of Confederation?

A. They wanted a central authority to rule over all the joined states.

B. They did not want a central authority like the British system.

C. They did not want congress to have the power to declare war.

D. They wanted the states to have a choice about signing the Articles.

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Vincent Wells · Answer 1

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In the Revolution and its aftermath, the Americans spurned the centralized authority that had ruled over them in the form of the British unitary government, and thus created a government in which all states had equal power, and the central government was extremely limited.