Question

Why did the Continental Congress have a difficult time paying back its war debts?

It needed a better advertising campaign.
It had no power to tax citizens to help pay back the debt.
Someone had stolen all the money Congress had in a vault.
The bank would not release money to Congress.

Answer 1

The answer is B - it had no power to tax citizens to help pay back the debt.

Explanation: keep in mind that the founding fathers wanted to have a different government than the British. So what the continental congress did was they printed loads of money and this resulted in severe inflation of the colonies and a depreciation of the continental dollar

Inflation:
(money is not worth as much and you have to pay more money for goods that did not cost that amount before)

Answer 2

Answer:The one with the taxes

Step-by-step explanation:

During the American Revolution, a cash-strapped Continental Congress accepted loans from France. ... At that time, Congress lacked the authority to levy taxes, and to do so would have risked alienating an American public that had gone to war with the British over the issue of unjust taxation. I looked it up