Below is an excerpt from a historic document. "Every State shall abide by the determination of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this
confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and
the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration
be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively
represent in Congress, to "
According to this excerpt, what was one of the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The power to collect taxes from all states and have them distributed evenly.
The power to create a judicial branch more powerful than the legislative branch.
The power of the states to write their own constitutions.
The power to amend the Articles of Confederation only when all states were in agreement.