Which statement is true because the national government was not able to raise taxes under the articles of confederation?
the states directly paid for everything congress wanted to do.
congress was dependent on the states for its money.
congress had no money.
the people personally had to pay the government for any services they wanted.

Your answer is B "Congress was dependent on the states for its money". Hope this helps!!

Congress was dependent on the states for its money.

Explanation:

Under the first US written Consitution, the Articles of Confederation, the government, consisting of a Congress only, could not tax people. The ways in which it raised money was by borrowing from foreign governments, selling western lands or asking the states for funds. This constituted one of the major weaknesses of the Constitution because it made the government dependent on the states for its money.

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