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Which weakness of the Articles made New Jersey producers pay fees at the Hudson?
AStates could coin their own gold and silver
BCongress could not appoint any federal judges
CStates could restrict commerce between themselves
DCongress could declare war without the states
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. States could restrict commerce between themselves
1. The Articles went into effect in 1781 and set up a framework with many weaknesses.
2. States quarreled over boundary lines and their courts handed down conflicting decisions.
3. Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania passed tariff laws that injured their smaller neighbors.
4. Restriction upon commerce between states created bitter feeling.
5. New Jersey men could not cross the Hudson to sell vegetables in New York markets without heavy entrance and clearance fees.
6. A national power to regulate commerce would have prevented exactly that.
7. The hodgepodge of coins and paper bills was a separate defect, not the cause of these fees.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section NEW CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT EMERGES_
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