The big issue Noah Webster found with the Articles of Confederation was that states would always do what's best for themselves, even if it hurt the whole country. This reflects his concern about the lack of a strong central authority to unify the states and promote the common good over individual state interests.
“So long as any individual state has power to defeat the measures of the other 12, our pretended Union is but a name, and our confederation, a cobweb.” - Noah Webster
What big issue did Noah Webster find with the Articles of Confederation?
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States would have no way to stop the central government from taxing them heavily.
States would have no way to stop the central government from taxing them heavily.
States would always do what's best for themselves, even if it hurt the whole country.
States would always do what's best for themselves, even if it hurt the whole country.
The central government would always support big states over small ones in disagreements.
The central government would always support big states over small ones in disagreements.
Smaller states would have an equal say in the government as larger states.
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