Question

Which right did the states have under the Articles of Confederation?
a. the right to elect individual representatives to the Continental Congress
b. the right to wage war and make peace
c. the right to sign treaties with other governments
d. the right to set up post offices

Answer 1

Answer:

Each state held "its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled." The Congress, the primary organ of the new national government, only had the power to declare war, appoint military ...