The new national government under the Articles of Confederation was weakened by all of the following except?

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the absence of officials to enforce Congress’s laws.

barriers to trade.

the failure to establish a national court system.

the lack of authority to manage relations with American Indians.

This is a question for a homework assignment and I've been stuck on it for about a half hour and cant find it anywhere in my book, so i finally told myself a half hour is long enough for a multiple choice :p

Answer 1

The last one about the indians.

Answer 2

one of the only areas the articles gave the government power was in dealing with western/frontier lands. states seeded their frontier holdings to the national goverment and the national goverment had the authority over those lands, they therefore did have the authority to manage relations with american indians on those lands.