When the States agreed to form a voluntary union with the other States and to create the Federal Government, what responsibilities did they delegate to that Federal Government?
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The States granted to the Federal Government the responsibility to make treaties and alliances with other nations, the right to coin money and to emit bills of credit, and the right to lay duties on exports and imports.
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