Question

Which answer expresses what the Articles of Confederation said about taxing Americans?

Only Congress could raise taxes, so states had a hard time paying their debts and expenses.

Only the states could raise taxes, so the national government had a hard time paying its debts and expenses.

Both the states and Congress could raise taxes, so Americans often gave so much money to the government that they had a hard time paying their own debts.

Neither the states nor Congress could raise taxes, so they depended on donations from wealthy Americans to help pay their debts and expenses

Answer 1

Congress could not Tax the states or the people. Congress could only request for funds

Answer 2

So D? @J.F?

Answer 3

No, most agreed that taxation was necessary to support a stable government. However, they also believed that the power to tax should be in the hands of the government that represents the people. Since they had successfully placed sovereignty solidly in the state governments, people accepted, in theory, the right of the state legislature to levy taxes.
Without the power to tax, Congress relied on requisitions of money from each state. Powerless to enforce its requisitions, Congress and the administrators of finance often resorted to begging states to pay. This was because of "No taxation without representation" which was very fresh in American minds. The American people didn't want fall back into what they fought for so they put most powers in the state hands. A good idea in theory

The answer is 'Only the states could raise taxes, so the national government had a hard time paying its debts and expenses.'