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Authors of the Articles of Confederation wanted to preserve the states' sovereignty, or absolute power.

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The Articles of Confederation tried to preserve the states' sovereignty but they failed. It ended up not giving congress enough power and the Articles of Confederation were eventually replaced with the US Constitution.
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