What were the Articles of Confederation?


A.an agreement among the states to allow a central government to tax the states and regulate trade


B.a document created after the states had written their constitutions that included the powers and rights the states had not specified


C.a document created by the Continental Congress that served as a governmental plan for the nation as a whole


D.a document created after the states had written their own constitutions that included the provisions that were common to every state’s constitution