Question

the framers of the Articles of Confederation deliberately designed a weak central government with few powers. their main reason for this decision was that they believed a strong national government would

Answer 1

They believed that a strong national government would cause the same problems the strong central leaders of England did. They didn't want a small tight knit group receiving all or most of the power. They didn't want to states to lose power so most of the power was given to them. A strong national government was viewed as dangerous