The articles of confederation established the first form of an early national government for the independent states. according to the articles confederation, who maintained control of the major powers of government

individual states" who maintained control of the major powers of government, since the the Articles of Confederation was intentionally made to be "weak" in order to ensure that the national government did not become too powerful. 

wait history, who want to talk about history, boring.

b.

one company controls all the means of production of a product.

~coco