When america was born each state already had one of these

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When America was born each state already had one of these: government.

When the Articles of Confederation were approved on November 15, 1777, and ratified until 1781, the states became sovereign and were the ones who could collect money. The federal government, the Congress, was weak in comparison to the government of the states. The Federal government had limited faculties such as the creation of a post office, or to overview the relations with the Native American Tribes. If the federal government needed money, it had to ask for it to the states, that were the ones who could raise taxes.

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.