Question

Why didn't the government supply enough food and equipment to the continental army?

Answer 1

At the time of the 1st government of the United states the nation still had severe economic and political issues to strife with, even the constitution was only at the incipient stage of "Articles of Confederation", thus clearly the organizational structure was not yet enough to raise revenue for government expenditures such as the "Continental Army" supplies and provisions.

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Answer 2

Here is the correct answer of the given question above. The government didn't supply enough food and equipment to the continental army because the Congress did not have the power to raise taxes to pay for them. Hope this answer helps.