Use the excerpt below to answer the question that follows: 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 What fundamental problem did Noah Webster see in the Articles of Confederation? (1 point)

Question

A that small states would have just as much say in the government as larger states
B would have no way to stop the central government from imposing harsh taxes on them that the states
C that states would always work in their own self-interest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whole
D that the central government would always favor large states over the smaller states when disputes broke out

Answer 1

C that states would always work in their own self-interest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whole