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Why would the colonist be hebistant to having a chief excutive

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Answer:Concerned with the accumulation of power in too few hands, the Articles did not establish an executive branch and they greatly circumscribed the role of courts. Even Congress had only those powers “expressly delegated” to it by the states.

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Created disunity among states. W Teacher's Guide 1.3A Page 5 Placard One feature of the Articles of Confederation was that the government had no chief executive, such as a president or a king. As a result, the government under the Articles suffered from a lack of leadership since there was no single leader.

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