So long as any individual state has power to defeat the measures of the other twelve, our pretended union is but a name, and our confederation, a cobweb. —Noah Webster Question What fundamental problem did Noah Webster see in the Articles of Confederation? (1 point) Responses that states would always work in their own self-interest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whole that states would always work in their own self-interest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whole that the central government would always favor large states over the smaller states when disputes broke out that the central government would always favor large states over the smaller states when disputes broke out that small states would have just as much say in the government as larger states that small states would have just as much say in the government as larger states that the states would have no way to stop the central government from imposing harsh taxes on them

Answer 1

Noah Webster identified the fundamental problem in the Articles of Confederation as the issue that "states would always work in their own self-interest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whole." This reflects his concern that the lack of a strong central authority allowed individual states to prioritize their own interests over the collective good, undermining the effectiveness of the national government.