For the first 11 years of its existence, which governmental system did the united states use?
monarchy
confederation
federation
theocracy

For the first eleven years of its existence, the United States implemented a "B. Confederation" style government, since during this time most of the power was reserved by the individual states--not the central government. 

You not be doing this in a quiz. if you actually studied your work you would know the answer. the answer though is that they would use gdp per capita because it measures a smaller portion (person). this could show individual growth per person in the country.