Another way that the Articles affected the American economy was due to the fact that it did not allow the government to levy or collect taxes, which made congress only able to raise money by borrowing or asking states for money. ... This is shown in document D, where John Jay can only ask the US minister to Great Britain to respectfully ask for all British troops to clear out of the American nation. ... However, the greatest weakness that the Articles had, and which was partly due to the fact of the average Americans fear of the government gaining too much power, was the lack of a Chief exec...

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