Which statement best describes the patriot's lack of funding for the war?

1.the colonists didn't trust the government to use the money properly.
2.many of the colonists were loyalists and didn't support the war.
3.congress did not have the power to tax the people.
4.britain put a ban on trade and money was scarce.

The right answer is 3.Congress did not have the power to tax the people.

Patriots were the rebellions against the British authority in the American colonies. The Congress had too many difficulties to finance the war and had no power to tax the people. The states were not providing their share of the war's expenses. The congress and the states had to majority rely on two ways of funding printing paper money and accepting loans from France.

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