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John Adams said that the real revolution was the “radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people” (p. 24). Explain why people were hesitant about creating a stronger national government as the Articles of Confederation proved to be a failure.

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Answer: The reason people were hesitant about creating a stronger national government as the Articles of Confederation proved to be a failure is because of widespread fear of a strong central government at the time they were written and strong loyalties among Americans to their own state as opposed to any national government during the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation purposely kept the national government as weak as possible and the states as independent as possible.

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