Question

what are two problems found in the articles of confederation?

1. states had their own currency
2. abolished the unalienable rights

1. created a weak central government
2. could not enforce laws

1. gave power to the king
2. a weak national government

1. no power to tax
2. gave power to the king

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Explanation:

To determine the problems of the Articles of Confederation, we analyze each option:

• Option 1 (Green): "Abolished the unalienable rights" is incorrect (unalienable rights are from the Declaration, not related to Articles' problems) and "States had their own currency" is a problem (states had separate currencies, no national currency). But the first part is wrong.
• Option 2 (Purple): "Created a weak central government" and "Could not enforce laws" are both correct. The Articles established a weak central government with no power to enforce laws on states.
• Option 3 (Orange): "Gave power to the king" is wrong (US had no king after independence), and "A weak National Government" is correct, but the first part invalidates it.
• Option 4 (Cyan): "Gave power to the king" is wrong, and "No power to tax" is a problem, but the first part is incorrect.

So the correct pair is from the purple option: Created a weak central government and Could not enforce laws. Also, another valid problem pair could be from the cyan option's correct part (No power to tax) and maybe the purple's weak central government, but the purple option's two points are both valid problems of the Articles (weak central gov, couldn't enforce laws). Also, "No power to tax" (cyan's first point) is a key problem (Congress couldn't tax, relied on states' contributions).

For two problems, common ones are:

1. Created a weak central government (purple 1)
2. Could not enforce laws (purple 2)

OR

1. No power to tax (cyan 1)
2. States had their own currency (green 1 - though green's second part is wrong, but states having own currency was a problem as there was no national currency)

But the most accurate two - part problem set from the options is the purple one: Created a weak central government and Could not enforce laws, and also the cyan's "No power to tax" is a major problem. Let's confirm:

Articles of Confederation problems:

• Weak central government (no executive, no judiciary, one - house legislature with limited power).
• Could not enforce laws (states could ignore federal laws).
• No power to tax (Congress couldn't raise revenue by taxing, had to ask states for money).
• States had their own currencies (led to economic chaos).

From the options, the purple option has two correct problem statements: "Created a weak central government" and "Could not enforce laws". The cyan option has "No power to tax" (correct) but "Gave power to the king" (incorrect). The green option has "States had their own currency" (correct) but "Abolished the unalienable rights" (incorrect). The orange option has "A weak National Government" (correct) but "Gave power to the king" (incorrect).

So two problems are: Created a weak central government and Could not enforce laws (from purple), or No power to tax (cyan 1) and Created a weak central government (purple 1), etc. But the best two from the given options (where both parts of the option are correct or at least one part is a major problem and the other is not wrong) - the purple option's two points are both correct problems.

Answer:

1. Created a weak central government
2. Could not enforce laws

(Or other valid pairs like "No power to tax" and "States had their own currency" considering the correct parts of the options, but the purple option's two points are both accurate problems of the Articles of Confederation.)