false . the articles of confederation gave state governments much more power than the federal government, making the federal government very weak . the colonists were trying to break away from the overpowering monarchy that the british government had . however, giving all of the power to the states instead of the federal government made the government too weak, so they developed a new system of government. they wrotethe constitution to replace the articles of confederation. the constitution made a stronger federal government, and gave power to both the federal government and the state governments. this system is called federalism.
