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The articles of confederation provided for a congress that met for one year terms. Why do u suppose the farmers created a congress that meets for two year terms

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Because two years gave the farmers more reasonable time to focus on their crops and travel to Washington. It was also more cost efficient to only make the trip every two years.

Edit: Also the fact that one year wasn't enough time to accomplish things in government as much as two years was but that wasn't a problem farmers in particular had, that was just a general argument that was made against one year terms

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