Question

The Articles of Confederation did all of the following except...
A.) Serve as the first plan of government for the United States
B.) Form a loose union of the states
C.) Divide power among three branches of government
D.) Give Congress power to make war and peace

Answer 1

was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.

Answer 2

The Articles were created by delegates from the states in the Second Continental Congress out of a need to have "a plan of confederacy for securing the freedom, sovereignty, and independence of the United States." After the war, nationalists, especially those who had been active in the Continental Army, complained that the Articles were too weak for an effective government

Answer 3

The Congress, under the articles, had the power to provide for the general defense and held the exclusive ability to carry out diplomacy and policy with foreign entities. Nationalists, indeed, disliked the lack of formal structure they saw as necessary to tackle the myriad problems the confederation faced.