Which two were weaknesses of the articles of confederation? i. the federal government could not levy taxes. ii. the executive branch was more powerful than congress. iii. the federal government could not raise an army. iv. each state had two votes in a bicameral congress. choose 1 choose 1

1) The federal government could not levy taxes and 3) The central government could not raise an army are the correct answers.

Explanation:

The Articles of Federation was the agreement between 13 colonies of USA and served as its first constitution. It was approved on November 15, 1777 and came into force on March 1, 1781. It had many weaknesses the central government was provided very limited powers. It could not raise an army. The congress had no power to levy or collect taxes or regulate foreign trade, the government had no executive branch or court system and approval of nine states was needed to enact laws. Due to these weaknesses central government was always short of money, states often quarrelled with each other to trade with other countries, laws were difficult to enact, lack of effectiveness to coordinate the work of government and the central government couldn't settle disputes among the states.  

yes he can but hardly

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