The Articles of Confederation are the first attempt at uniting the USA under one government. They however failed at doing this.
The Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
In a confederate system (as in the Articles of Confederation), the states retain most of the governmental power.
In a confederate system (as in the Articles of Confederation), the states retain most of the governmental power.
giving the states power
Did not give congress the power to tax
because there is one signature for each confederate state
the articles of confederation was the first system of government the us had before the us constitution
The articles of Confederation were drawn and prepared, and thus began the new Confederate States of America, 1861.
Under a confederate system of government much of the power is located in the individual states. The lack of a strong system of central government caused the Articles of Confederation for fail in the United States.
A nation with a confederate government has a political system in which states or regional governments have the ultimate authority except for those powers that are expressly given to a central government. The US was a confederation from 1776 to 1787 under the Articles of Confederation.
Revise the Articles of Confederation