Features of the Articles of Confederation Formed a confederation of independent states

Established a national legislature with limited powers

Gave states equal power in the national legislature

Excluded executive and judicial branches at the national level

Why did these features lead to the writing of the U. S. Constitution?

A. They delayed the final outcome of the Revolutionary War.

B. They prevented states from writing their own laws.

C. They provided American colonists with weak protections
against government tyranny.

D. They made the central government too weak to address the young nation's problems.