After successfully escaping from the power of a foreign government across the ocean in Britain many Americans were just as wary of a faraway central government even in their new country. They wanted each state to be independent of each other.
The Articles of Confederation created a weak Central government
The Articles of Confederation were weak and did not even give a semi-strong Government.
Fear of strong national government
The Articles of Confederation gave the government no separation of powers.
VerY good forcing them to write a constitution
The Articles of Confederation created a weak Central government
The Articles of Confederation created a weak Central government
the first plan of government was the articles of confederation
The Articles of Confederation were weak and did not even give a semi-strong Government.
the articles of confederation
Americans wanted a stronger government than the Articles of Confederation provided for a number of reasons. The Articles of Confederation lacked the necessary powers to govern effectively leaving it unable to enforce laws collect taxes or provide for a unified military. The Articles of Confederation also did not have any means of resolving disputes between the states. Furthermore the Articles of Confederation did not have a strong executive branch and could not create a unified currency. Finally the Articles of Confederation did not allow for the direct participation of citizens in the government and it was difficult to amend the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation lacked the necessary powers to govern effectively leaving it unable to enforce laws collect taxes or provide for a unified military. The Articles of Confederation did not have any means of resolving disputes between the states. The Articles of Confederation did not have a strong executive branch and could not create a unified currency. The Articles of Confederation did not allow for the direct participation of citizens in the government and it was difficult to amend the Articles of Confederation.These shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation led Americans to seek a stronger more effective government that could better meet the needs of the nation.
i think they wanted a republican government. but that's just my opinian.
Fear of strong national government
The American government lacked any real power over the states under The Articles of Confederation. It could not raise enough taxes to pay its debts.
The first U.S. government was called "The Articles of Confederation"You might also be looking for unicameral government
the Articles of Confederation
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