Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation? States were dependent on each other. States were weaker than the national government States were relatively independent States were stronger than local government.

States were relatively independent.

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The founding fathers wanted to give the people with more power of the government. Which was why they designed the earlier system to make state became relatively independent from the federal government. This system was called a confederacy.

The confederacy allowed the states with a freedom to create their own legislations. They central government only act as a mediator in case there's conflict between different states.  

president jefferson protested this interference in american trade. he sent james monroe to london to negotiate a treaty. jefferson wanted britain to stop taking sailors from american ships, and to stop interfering in the trade of neutral nations. monroe tried many times to discuss such an agreement. but the british foreign minister was always too busy to see him.

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