The historical and philosophical reasons for the distrust of a strong national government demonstrated under the articles of confederation lead back to the previous government the united states were under while being ruled by Britain, as said in the reading at page 55 in the sections: problem 1. Fear of a strong national government and Solution: Create a weak national government. The U.S didn't like being controlled by a strong national government and often spoke out about the monarchy. The framers of the articles of confederation wanted to make sure they were not creating a government like the one they just had a war over. Because of this, they made a government almost opposite and gave most of the power to the states and very little to the
