Which answer best expresses what the Articles of Confederation said about taxing Americans?

A. Only Congress could raise taxes, so states had a hard time paying their debts and expenses.

B. Only the states could raise taxes, so the national government had a hard time paying its debts and expenses.

C. Both the states and Congress could raise taxes, so Americans often gave so much money to the government that they had a hard time paying their own debts.

D. Neither the states nor Congress could raise taxes, so they depended on donations from wealthy Americans to help pay their debts and expenses.