What important power did the national government lack under the articles of confederation?
it could not coin money.
it could not declare war.
it could not impose taxes.
it could not conduct foreign affairs.

Think about the items and services that you and your family buy or consume. what causes you to pay the prices that you do for these goods and services? what determines the price that's on the price tag? what goes into determining, or setting, that price? consider all the possible elements that could influence the prices you pay.

Which political reform gave people the power to put a proposed law on the ballot? referendum initiative direct primary recall

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?