Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
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.
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Thirteen states were represented under the Articles of the Confederation.
Shay's rebellion
Shay's rebellion
Failure of Articles of ConfederationIt didn't provide a strong central government. the states acted completely independent of each other. acting for their best interest and not that of the states.
The motto of Confederate States of America is 'Under God, our Vindicator'.
The Articles of Confederation are the first attempt at uniting the USA under one government. They however failed at doing this.
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.
The 13 states of the United States.
The Articles of Confederation, the first official government of the United States had many serious weaknesses. 1) Under the Articles there was only a unicameral legislature so that there was no separation of powers. 2) The central government under the Articles was too weak since the majority of the power rested with the states. 3) Congress, under the Articles, did not have the power to tax which meant that they could never put their finances in order. 4) In order to change or amend the Articles, unanimous approval of the states was required which essentially meant that changes to the Articles were impossible. 5) For any major laws to pass they had to be approved by 9 or the 13 states which proved difficult to do so that even the normal business of running a government was difficult. 6) Under the Articles, Congress did not have the power to regulate commerce which will cause competition between states as well as diplomatic issues,