The authors of the Articles of Confederation established a government where by states had most of the power mainly to 1)cancel state debts incurred during the Revolutionary War2)assist the southern states in their efforts to gain a manufacturing base
3)promote the common goal of national sovereignty
4)prevent the abuses of power that had existed under British rule

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.