While [opponents of the Constitution] admit that the government of the United States is destitute of energy, they contend against conferring upon it those powers which are requisite to supply that energy. They seem still to aim at things repugnant and irreconcilable at an augmentation of federal authority, without a diminution of State authority, at sovereignty in the Union, and complete
independence in the members This requires that a full display of the principal defects of the Confederation (is) necessary, in order to show that the evils we experience do not proceed from
minute or partial imperfections, but from fundamental errors in the structure of the building, which cannot be amended otherwise than by an alteration in the first principles and main pillars of the
fabric [The United States has an indefinite discretion to plead for) for men and money, but they have no authority to raise either, by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
The consequence of this is that though in theory their resolutions concerning those objects are laws, constitutionally binding on the members of the Union, yet in practice they are mere
recommendations which the States observe or disregard at their option
Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist 15
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Which of the following is a difference between the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution that is a response to a problem expressed in the passage?
The Articles of Confederation lacked federal executive and judicial branches, whereas the United States Constitution did not
B
The Articles of Confederation allowed for the federal government to request revenues from states but did not permit it to tax citizens directly, whereas under the United States
Constitution the federal government could tax citizens directly
Under the Articles of Confederation, members of the national legislature were paid by the state governments, whereas under the United States Constitution they were paid by the
federal government
D
Under the Articles of Confederation, members of the national legislature were not able to regulate currency, whereas under the United States Constitution the federal government
regulates currency