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Why did us leaders so severely limit the power of the national government in the articles of confederation?
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∙ 11y ago
Because they had just been fighting the Revolution against King George III and felt he had too much power in the gov't so they did not want a king in gov't and wanted the states to have more power so as to not give one person all the power.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoThey feared a strong central government. Obama 2012!
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∙ 13y agoB/c they didnt want one of them to be too strong or too weak
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∙ 11y agolook at the u.s. today that answers the question.
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∙ 11y agoGkbk
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