What did the American colonists wish to avoid by adopting a confederation as their form of government?

American colonist wished to avoid a too powerful central government. Many American colonist were not pleased with the power of the British government and wanted the power to be within the states.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.