Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government could not:
Also Congress had no power to enforce any of its laws, and it was difficult to enact laws and almost impossible to ammend the Articles themselves.
The same powers, (authority) as today's federal Constitution with one exception. The only new power; and weakness of the Confederation; alluded to in the Constitution's preamble, (... in Order to form a more perfect Union)... was the power (authority) to regulate commerce: The new powers were not intended to provide new principles. Madison wrote in Federalist No. 45:
"If the new Constitution be examined with accuracy and candor, it will be found that the change which it proposes consists much less in the addition of NEW POWERS to the Union than in the invigoration of its ORIGINAL POWERS. The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which no apprehensions are entertained."
Clinton Rossiter, ed., The Federalist Papers, (New York: Nal Penguin Inc., 1961), No. 45, 293.
Congress did not have the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation. The Congress could request tax. The government went into debt.
The Congress
congress had the power to amend the articles of confederation
Collect taxes from state. ;]
True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
The Articles of Confederation gave power to the States even though Congress was still the main power.
The Congress
congress had the power to amend the articles of confederation
Congress had the most power.
Collect taxes from state. ;]
Collect Taxes
pass laws
True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
The Articles of Confederation gave power to the States even though Congress was still the main power.
the congress
The Articles of Confederation needed a congress to appoint and enforce the laws. They needed that because the Articles did not have enough power to appoint or enforce the laws.
Did not give congress the power to tax
no power