Adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were the nation's first form of government. The Articles lasted only until the U. S. Constitution was ratified in 1789, because they were not as effective as many political leaders had hoped. From the following list, select the statements about the Articles of Confederation that are true. Check all that apply. A. The Articles of Confederation did not establish an executive branch.
B. The Articles of Confederation gave each state, regardless of its population, one vote.
C. The Articles of Confederation were proposed shortly after the Revolution began.
D. The Articles of Confederation did not eliminate barriers to interstate commerce.

A, B, and D

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alliances in ww1 were different from ww2 because the entente in ww1 made up of serbia,russia,france,britan,japan and italy later america  and all allied in a sort of balance of power and too keep germany,austria-hungary,and the ottomans down. russia allied the serbians in order to exert its influence in the balkans while france allied the russians because france was still in dismay and insulted after the defeat to the germans during the unification of germany and britian allied the belgians after the germans invasion of belgium.in ww2 the alliances were in a preemptive attempt to deter any further wars into happening while germany and italy allied since they were insulted and humiliated after the previous war while also sharing a similar ideology of facsim along with japan which all 3 had a want for world domination and agreed to assist one another in the endevours 

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