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The articles of confederation are not in effect today primarily because question 3 options:

a.the central authority was too strong.
b.states and indiviuals needed more from the central government than it was empowered to provide under the articles.
c.states willingly gave up their authority because of shays' rebellion.
d.the citizenry of the united states of america petitioned the continental congress for relief.

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b.states and individuals needed more from the central government than it was empowered to provide under the articles

The Articles of Confederation were considered too weak to be successful. It was not taken very seriously has a form of gov. One its biggest weaknesses was it did not have the power to tax, so it did not have enough funds to support an army or postal system as it was intended to do.
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