Too much power to the States. They ended up destroying each-others economies.
No, this is why the Constitution was such a revolutionary idea.
It created and ratified the US Constitution.
Federalists
it enabled the federal goverment to collect taxes
They had a problem with the Constitution but not the Articles. The Articles gave them as much power as independent nations and it also was rushed.
No, this is why the Constitution was such a revolutionary idea.
It created and ratified the US Constitution.
Federalists
Federalists
The Articles of Confederation. But this system failed because it tied the states together loosely, and for the most part they were mini-countries, having each their own money systems and trade laws.
it enabled the federal goverment to collect taxes
it enabled the federal goverment to collect taxes
They had a problem with the Constitution but not the Articles. The Articles gave them as much power as independent nations and it also was rushed.
everything
The Constitutional convention was called to create and write the law of the land (Constitution).
The Constitution was designed to solve the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. One of the most serious problems was the lack of federal power. The Executive Branch, missing in the Articles, was created to enforce federal laws in the country. The government under the Constitution also had the power to tax. Under the Articles, only state governments could tax due to fears of monarchy and tyranny that might result if the federal government was allowed to tax. However, the federal government had to depend on the states for revenue, which the states did not always give. This was a serious problem because the US had $27 million in war debts. The first sign that the new Constitution was better than the old Articles of Confederation was the Whiskey Rebellion, in which the new government aptly showed its ability to enforce its laws.
The US Constitution gave more power to the goverment than to the state so all the states had to follow what the gov. said thats how they fixed the articles of conf.