Under the Articles of Confederation the relationship between the thirteen states was?

The northwest ordinance added to the guidlines for american expansion that were introduced in the articles of confederation

What are the primary differences between the articles of confederation and the Virginia Plan?

The states acted individually. there happy

They both had to do with making changes to the articles of confederation; resulted in the drafting of the constitution.

the relationship between the central government and the states

congress under the articles of confederation could not congress under the articles of confederation could not

The Articles of Confederation were made before the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation was lacking in many things such as balance between states, taxes, and how to ratify amendments. The Constitution solved all of these problems.

The Articles of Confederation was the first attempt at self government. The Articles of Confederation was written between 1777 and 1778.

The articles of confederation could not regulate trade. There were so many defects in these articles which would make it impossible to facilitate trade between the states.

th articles of confederation were just a loose alliance of th states. it wuz th 1st American constitution. it wuz purposely made weak cuz ppl didnt want another king

The articles of confederation were, in a way, our first constitution. The constitution; however, is a lot more detailed and takes care of a lot more things than the Articles.

The Articles of Confederation had the power to settle disputes between states, but let the states make their own constitution/laws

the articles of confederation established a less happy union

the difference between the constitution and the articles is thar the articles is iside the contitution [like chapters] with in the constiution ;]

It was made of cheese.

Articles IV and VI describe the relationship.

congress under the articles of confederation could NOT

While the President in the Constitution has many powers than the President had in the Articles of Confederation, both plans of government had a president. There really were not very many similarities at all between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution that replaced them.

The biggest difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Virginia plan was the power of votes. In the articles each state had a representative with one vote, the Virginia Plan was based on representation decided by a state's population.

There was an executive under the Articles of Confederation, but he was a mere figurehead and he had no power, unlike the current President. The president under the Articles was elected by the Continental Congress instead of the Electoral College.

In the articles of confederation, a state had the option of accepting or rejecting a particular law. With the constitution, a state accepts the decision of congress. With the constitution, the federal government is the final authority in disputes between states or in disputes between states and the federal government.

It was called the "Articles of Confederation." Think of it as a league of friendship between the 13 states. Each individual state was more powerful than the central government (called the Confederation Congress). Opposite of what we have today. It lasted from 1781-1787, after which the U.S. Constitution took effect.

The constitution actually gave power to the congress the articles did not give to much power

The downfall of the Articles of Confederation was that it limited too much of the power of the central government. This game all states the ability to act as their own government. This caused much fighting between the states.

Under Article 9 of the Articles of Confederation, Congress had the power to settle border and interstate disputes, but they had to select a panel of judges to hear the case.