What are the positives and negatives of the articles of confederation?

Answer 1

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Pros: land ordance(the northwest ordance of 1787- territories of state were reorgainized) Peace with Britain Cabinet departments (war, treasury, and foreign affairs) full faith and credit(states would respect citizens and laws from other states)
Cons: No power to generate revenue(tax) no power to regulate trade congress had no power Approval of 9 states to have a law passed Amendments to the Articles of Confederation required all 13 states approval(back then there was only 13) no executive branch no national court system Answer
Cons- no central government= no military, each state was run by militia. There was also different currency in different states and different state constitutions with different laws

Answer 2

Pros -The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

- It set the stage for the Constitution and was an adequate temporary government, it just would not last forever

Cons -The central government could not regulate trade

- There was no executive or judiciary branch

- Laws took 9 of 13 votes to pass

- Amendments had to be unanimous to pass

- Each state only had one vote and there was only one house of Congress

- The government could not make sure states paid their taxes, because federal taxes were paid only if the state wanted to, it was not a requirement

Answer 3

Answer-Pros: land ordance(the northwest ordance of 1787- territories of state were reorgainized) Peace with Britain Cabinet departments (war, treasury, and foreign affairs) full faith and credit(states would respect citizens and laws from other states)

Cons: No power to generate revenue(tax) no power to regulate trade congress had no power Approval of 9 states to have a law passed Amendments to the Articles of Confederation required all 13 states approval(back then there was only 13) no executive branch no national court system

Cons- no central government= no military, each state was run by militia. There was also different currency in different states and different state constitutions with different laws

The Articles of Confederation created a very weak central government. Obviously, this did not infringe much on local control. On the other hand, it didn't infringe much on serving parochial self interest to the detriment of your neighbors.

Answer 4

The articles of confederation had no way to raise any funds

It is true the articles of confederation had no way to raise funds or to raise an army without volunteers but it had many strengths as well. It helped end the united states revolution with the treaty of Paris in 1789 it also passed the northwest ordinance of 1787 which said colonies in the Northwest Territory could create there own governments and later be admitted as a state in the united states.And it forbade slavery in the northwest territory.

Answer 5

One argument against the Articles of Confederation is that congress had no power over state governments or their citizens. If an individual citizen or a whole state government ignored a resolution passed by congress, congress couldn't make them follow the resolution.

Answer 6

Pro: Created Congress, each state retained their own sovereignty

Con: the states were not very united, more like a bunch of little countries. a state couldn't try someone if they jumped the boarder, no strong military

Answer 7

Drafted during the years 1776 and 1777, while the colonists were still fighting for independence, the Articles of Confederation created a weak national government with most of the governmental powers retained by the states. The Articles provided no separation of branches. There was no president or any other independent executive, nor was there a federal judicial branch. Congress, the legislature, was the only branch of government. Laws required unanimous votes. Members elected to congress did not vote as individuals, but as states. While congress did have some powers, it could not enforce its laws on the states or the people. States were permitted to coin their own money. There was no regulation of commerce between the states and states could even enter into treaties with foreign nations and declare war, “with the consent of Congress.” Congress could not tax the states or the people, it could only request funds to run the government. Under the Articles of Confederation the American colonists fought and defeated Great Britain and gained independence. By the end of the "Confederation era," Congers had created a bureaucracy to administer the day-to-day affairs of the government. The issue over the western lands was solved under the Articles. The large states holding vast amounts of western land ceded the land to the government under the Articles so that all the states could share in the wealth of those lands. The Northwest Ordinances were passed that provided for the creation of equal, self governing states in the Northwest Territories and the newly created states would have the same rights and privileges as the original 13 states. Congress also provided for a survey of the western lands to prepare the land for sale to all. Under the Articles, the states were held together until a new government under the Constitution was created. The new nation began to emerge as one respecting the ideas that had caused the Revolutionary War in the first place.