Question

One of the major weaknesses under the Articles of Confederation was that most of the power was given to? Congress the states the president the federal courts

Answer 1

The states. The colonies, having just broken away from the dictatorial Great Britain, were distrustful of a strong central government. Fearing tyranny, they decided to put most of the power in the hands of the individual states. This, however, just complicated things and it was a huge mess.