The government under the articles of confederation did not have the authority to manage foreign relations. what issues strained relations between the confederation government and european nations?

During the confederation days, there was no executive mechanism of negotiating with foreign powers. Each and every decision was being decided on a thirteen vote basis, and any state could veto the law. at the same time the confederations was facing border crisis between it and imperialistic powers from Spain to England. A few years later later, the Napoleonic wars emerged in Europe and USA neutrality was put into the test, culminating in the war of 1812.

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