The biggest mistake in making the Articles of Confederation was the haste in which it was put together. The problem with it is that it really was not meant to last much past the Revolution and was really just to make sure that all colonies would fight the British in good faith. The articles were more of a knee jerk government in that the colonists despised the strong monarchy of england that they reacted to it by making a government that was too weak to do anything. However, much like grumblings we here in america today about taxes, the biggest problem that the articles had was no ability to tax. Without a consistent revenue stream a government, even if given powers cannot exercise those powers, such with the ability under the articles to have an army and a navy, but without funds how can you pay soldiers or build ships. However, one of the other issues that somewhat plagued the articles was the idea that all states had to agree to everything, an idea that you will find brought up again during the american civil war time period by none other than John c Calhoun and his idea of concurrent majority which lends itself to the states rights issue. States rights, anti-tax, and nullification crisis. You know Mark Twain was right, "History never repeats its self but it sure does rhyme a lot" The destruction of the current government in america will very likely come from these three topics, seeing as many states are in the midst of nullification with the federal health care law and the movement to take power away from our federal government along with the hatred of taxes, will cripple the power of our federal government. If only there was some other indicator in history to show us what the future will hold!
Confederation is defined as being the creation of loosely assembled states or territories. The Articles of Confederation made this act legal.
The Articles of Confederation were discarded because the state government dominated the federal government. The Articles of Confederation did not allow for the federal government to collect taxes.
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The pilgrims had nothing to do with the Article of confederation. They established a colony in 1620. The Articles of confederation were AFTER the revolution in 1776. There is over a hundred years difference.
One of the major problems with the Articles of Confederation was the fact that the government had difficulty raising revenue. This made for a very weak central government.
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The Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent of the states for an amendment. Two attempts were made to amend the Articles of Confederation, each one failing by one vote.
The articles of confederation was created after the United States declared independence . It was a form of documentation of the new country and its new government (that was made purposefully weak, since we were under strong control before we declared independent).
Confederation is defined as being the creation of loosely assembled states or territories. The Articles of Confederation made this act legal.
The Articles of Confederation were discarded because the state government dominated the federal government. The Articles of Confederation did not allow for the federal government to collect taxes.
It made it a loose confederation that didn't work.
The Articles of Confederation
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They made the central governor to weak
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The pilgrims had nothing to do with the Article of confederation. They established a colony in 1620. The Articles of confederation were AFTER the revolution in 1776. There is over a hundred years difference.
The Articles of Confederation were made before the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation was lacking in many things such as balance between states, taxes, and how to ratify amendments. The Constitution solved all of these problems.