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gan of the Government which is to pronounce the existing condition of the Nation, with regard to foreign Powers.”
A critical weakness of the Articles of Confederation that led to the creation of a new government under the Constitution was the lack of a strong executive — a lack felt most strongly in foreign policy. Under the Confederation, there was only Congress. It proved incapable of speaking with one voice or of acting with dispatch or of following a consistent policy. So weak was this Congressional system that several State governments attempted to pursue their own independent foreign policies. Foreign governments could neither understand nor respect such a
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