The articles of confederation established the first form of an early national government for the independent states. according to the articles of confederation, who maintained control of the major powers of government?

the judicial branch

the individual states

the national government

the elected president

According to the Articles of Confederation, the organ who maintained control of the major powers of government is  the individual states. I am pretty sure that this option is correct because among all the represented options from the scale attached above, only individual states have an ability to control  most of the governmental issues. Do hope it will help you!

The tried to make the government smaller by making the government smaller