The articles of confederation established the first form of an early national government for the independent states. according to the articles of confederation, who maintained control of the major powers of government?
a. the national government
b. the elected president
c. the individual states
d. the judicial branch

C. The individual states

Explanation:

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government scope and power were very few and insufficient to lead the newly independent nation, in fact, it did not have a President and it only consisted of a Congress which did not even have the authority to collect taxes, as for the states, each one of them were given sovereignty, freedom and all power that wasn't expressly delegated to the government, meaning that they could create a wide range of laws involving collecting taxes and their own trading policies, for example.

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.