Under the Articles of Confederation, how was the national government supposed to raise money to pay its debts?

By taxing individual citizens directly.

By collecting fees on goods traded between states.

By requesting funds from the states.

By selling land in the Northwest Territory.

Which power was specifically denied to the national government but given to the states by the Articles of Confederation?

The ability to create a post office.

The power to make treaties with other nations.

Print a single national currency.

Negotiate trade deals with Europe.

Force states to contribute money.

Organize the settlement of new territories.

They believed a strong military was not necessary for the new country.

They were afraid of creating a government as powerful as the British monarchy they had just overthrown.

They wanted the states to compete with each other economically.

They did not have enough experienced leaders to run a strong government.