Question

The first governing document created by the colonists combined the states into a loose confederate union where the primary source of power remained with the states. This document is known as:

a. The Great Compromise
b. The Declaration of Independence
c. The Three-Fifths Compromise
d. The Articles of Confederation

Answer 1

The answer is D

The first governing document created by the colonists combined the states into a loose confederate union where the primary source of power remained with the states. This document is known as The Articles of Confederation

Answer 2

This document is known as: "d. The Articles of Confederation" since the colonists were afraid of the central government getting too much power and therefore becoming tyrannical.