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What did Washington mean by saying “we have errors to correct” ?

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When George Washington stated that we have errors that need to be corrected he meant "....Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt & carry into execution, measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power...."

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The correct answer to this open question is the following.

This is a quote from George Washington that said: "The inefficiency of state governments indicates we have errors to correct," referring to the results and conditions of many states. This comment was expressed in a letter that George Washington wrote and sent to John Jay on August 1, 1786. Washington wrote his arguments to disagree with the Articles of Confederation and the problems with having delegated too much power to the states and had eft a weak central government that could not collect taxes.

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