Question

Why did the Second Continental Congress establish a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation?

A) to model the government after that of Great Britain
B) to provide the independent states with unlimited power
C) to increase the taxation powers of the central government
D) to prevent abuse of power and tyranny by the central government

Answer 1

D) to prevent abuse of power and tyranny by the central government

Answer 2

D.) To prevent abuse of power and tyranny by the central government.

Americans had feared replication of the very government they had fought to rid their country of so power, at that time, was extremely states oriented.