each state was granted 2 votes
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The powers that they weren't given were :
1) They could not tax
2) Could not control or interfere with trade between individual states
The central government was more limited under the Articles Of Confederation than under the Constitution. People did not trust the government to have too much power. It looks like they were right.
The states had more power over taxation under the Articles of Confederation.
1) The power to tax 2) The power to contro trade
True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
Two important powers the delegates refuse to grant Congress under the Articles OF Confederation werethe power to enforce it's lawsand no power to to tax Source: North Carolina Edition Civics Today pg. 41
The central government was more limited under the Articles Of Confederation than under the Constitution. People did not trust the government to have too much power. It looks like they were right.
The States
The states had more power over taxation under the Articles of Confederation.
pass laws
1) The power to tax 2) The power to contro trade
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
1. the power to tax 2. the power to control trade
1. the power to tax 2. the power to control trade
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
The states actually had the most power under the Articles of Confederation. This did not prove workable for the federal government, and this eventually led to the Constitutional Convention.