Under the Articles of Confederation,the Federal Congress Was Granted a Relative

Under the Articles of Confederation,the federal Congress was granted a relative lack of power because

A) of the expense that was likely to occur under a large bureaucracy.
B) leaders of the new states were suspicious of strong governments.
C) of the framers' lack of ability to agree on its structure.
D) it was something that was simply overlooked in favor of more pressing concerns.