The Articles of Confederation reflected the principle of "limited government" because it gave more power to the federal government than to the states made the federal government dependent on the will of the states offered each state the option to provide for its own independence was to have effect only through the end of the war for independence

The Articles of Confederation reflected the principle of "limited government" in that it made the federal government dependent on the will of the states. The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government and gave the power to the states to engage in whichever parts of inter-state activities it chose to. The Constitution was largely framed in response to the weakness of the central government as a result of the Articles of Confederation.