Question

To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Whereas the Delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven, and in the Second Year of the Independence of America agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

Question 16

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What type of political system was formed by the Articles of Confederation?

A. an alliance of independent states
B. a strong central government
C. a dictatorship
D. a monarchy

Answer 1

A. An alliance of independent states

Step-by-step explanation:

The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.