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The Articles of Confederation: What are three major weaknesses and why was it a weakness. Also why do you think the author included that weakness.

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The three major weakness were that Congress cannot make laws without 9 out of 13 states approval, Congress cannot tax people and Congress and Congress wasn't able to regulate trade, causing states to act like own country. Overall states government had more power than national government

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