To a stronger central government. They didn't work because everyone was an individual and not united under a single working government.
A body that was elected by the people. They were to meet and determine which laws needed to be changed or passed for the country.
federalism
Congress was the chief agency of the government because there was no executive branch. It proved difficult, and often impossible, for congress to put it's policies into effect. Nine of te 13 states had to agree on any law and all 13 had to agree to amend the articles of confederation, but at times they could not all meet.
The US did not have an actual national government under the Articles, which retained the sovereignty of the states and required them to cooperate in practically every aspect. This was always difficult and sometimes impossible. There was no executive except the President of Congress, no standing military, and no unified system of courts. The framers decided that the nation needed a stronger unifying force, and the weaknesses of the Articles had already vexed them for more than 7 years.
The Articles of Confederation didn't enforce certain laws. The Articles couldn't regulate trade, force citizens to join the army, or impose taxes. If Congress needed money, they had to ask state legislatures who could deny.
the people needed a strong country
Yes because they were weak and they weren't working
the articles of confederation
Shays rebellion showed leaders of America that the articles of confederation were too weak, and a strong national government was needed
The Articles of Confederation needed to be changed because they weren't working well for the new nation and they had a lot of new things they needed to add on to it, so the Founders decided to abolish the Articles and create a whole new constitution.
The Articles of Confederation were replaced by the Constitution because it included the Bill of Rights.
the federal government needed to be stronger. novanet (:The federal government needed to be made stronger
NO. Because he felt that we needed to write a new plan of government. We had a very week government.
Scrapped the Articles of Confederation and wrote a new Constitution
The Articles of Confederation was a weak government. Shays Rebellion demonstrated this fact when government authorities could not decide whether the state or the national government should put down the revolt. Larger states wanted to do away with the Articles of Confederation because they thought the central government needed to be stronger while smaller states wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation because they were afraid of having a strong central government.
they were needed
A body that was elected by the people. They were to meet and determine which laws needed to be changed or passed for the country.