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The thirteen colonies first had their own government when the Articles of Confederation was in effect. The Articles of Confederation was a national government that gave individual power to each state instead of a strong central government like we have today. The strong state government was used in fear against having a monarchy or Dictatorship like they had escaped from England. Even today states still have their own government it is just the strong central government is the "supreme law of the land."

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