What shared experiences, intellectual currents, and cultural elements drew together british subjects on both sides of the atlantic during this period? how did these experiences, ideas, and goods serve to strengthen those bonds?

What was the national government’s biggest concern if facing a war, under the articles of confederation? the national government had no national military. the country had grown too large to defend with a small army. the states would not back the federal government. there was no way the states would pay for fighting a war.