Which of the following best describes how the articles of confederation allowed for the collection of taxes? (1 point)

a. congress could collect taxes directly from each state's government, but congress could not make those governments spend the taxes.

b. congress collected taxes directly from each state's representative. the representative gathered the taxes from the citizens in the state.

c. congress did not have the power to collect taxes. they could ask each state for tax money, but could not make them obey the requests.

d. congress could collect taxes directly from each citizen. however, they could not ask the state governments to them.