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What powers did the congress not have under the articles of confederation?
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∙ 7y ago
they could not tax, or control or interfere with trade between the individual states. (got it right out of a workbook called "understanding the US Constitution")
-one vote for each state, regardless of size
-powerless to lay and collect taxes or duties
-powerless to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
-no executive to enforce acts fo congress.
-no national court system
-amendment only with consent of all states
-a 9/13 majority required to pass an amendment
-articles only a "firm league of friendship"
they could tax the states
Breanne Watsica
Eleanore Heidenreich
they could not tax, or control or interfere with trade between the individual states. (got it right out of a workbook called "understanding the US Constitution")
-one vote for each state, regardless of size
-powerless to lay and collect taxes or duties
-powerless to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
-no executive to enforce acts fo congress.
-no national court system
-amendment only with consent of all states
-a 9/13 majority required to pass an amendment
-articles only a "firm league of friendship"
they could tax the states
Rusty Hahn
ability to make foreign treaties
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∙ 12y agothey could not tax, or control or interfere with trade between the individual states. (got it right out of a workbook called "understanding the US Constitution")
-one vote for each state, regardless of size
-powerless to lay and collect taxes or duties
-powerless to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
-no executive to enforce acts fo congress.
-no national court system
-amendment only with consent of all states
-a 9/13 majority required to pass an amendment
-articles only a "firm league of friendship"
they could tax the states
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What did powers did congress have under articles of confederation?
pass laws
What weakness of the articles of confederation made enforcing the laws of congress impossible?
under the articles there was only a unicomeral legislature so that there was no seperation of powers.
What were the powers given to congress under the articles of confederation?
denied-the right for a state to print it's own money
All what made the national government weak under The Articles of Confederation?
Congress could not negotiate with foreign powers
What powers would congress have under the New Jersey Plan that it did not have under the Articles of Confederation?
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
What powers would congress have under the New Jersey plan that it did not have under articles of confederation?
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
What powers would congress have under the new jersey plan that they did not have under the articles of confederation?
The powers that Congress had under the New Jersey plan that they did not have under the articles of confederation is that every state could only pass one vote, and could not pass votes off the population, for every state did not have the same population and therefor it would not be a fair voting.
What is the true of the congress under the articles of confederation?
it replaced the second congress
Who had the most powers under the articles of confederation?
The States
What powers would congress have New Jersey plan that it did not have under the articles of confederation?
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
Under the articles of confederation what powers did the congress have?
pass laws
Who controls trades between states?
congress under the articles of confederation could not congress under the articles of confederation could not
