Articles of Confederation

The main reason the South was having a hard time raising cash to pay the troops was the blockade the North was placing on ships taking cotton to England. Some of the Officers were giving help to the South to pay the troops. Cotton was the main staple of the South.

Lol, I just did this in history class a week ago.

Anyways, here is a list.

1. could not create taxes or tariffs

2. could not force states to provide soldiers pr money.

3. could not enforce laws or treaties due to not being able to get soldiers.

4. could not stop interstate commerce because they did not have and official court system.

5. could not stop states from printing their own paper money.

There are a lot more, but these are the main ones. These one are the ones that cause more problems.

Many sources say that John Dickinson was the head of the committee for the Articles of the Confederation.

During the Revolutionary War, the Americansrealized that they needed to unite to win the war against Britain. So after they decided many things about what they wanted the government to be like, they reached a final plan called the Articles of Confederation.

No. Each state had its own currency. The Constitution established a national currency.

The states were afraid of having another tyrannical government like England was, so they tried to make the government weak to prevent corruption.

What features did the State constitutions and Articles of Confederation have in common?

Included ability to: make tredies, create postal service, create Land Ordinance of 1785 (sold organized land into towns), and create Northwest Ordinance (how terratories become official states). Failures: weak central government, no ability to tax, can't regulate commerce (every state have own trading rules), every state has one vote, Unanimous amendments.

The Articles of Confederation gave the central government limited powers. The central government was allowed to conduct foreign political and commercial relations. They were also allowed to declare war.

The Articles of Confederation contained 13 articles. The Articles of Confederation were created on November 15, 1777, and ratified on March 1, 1781. The document would eventually be replaced with the U. S. Constitution.

The men that were going against the government were trying to make the articles of confederation. the articles of confederation were weak, they consisted of only a legislative branch with no judicial or executive. having shays rebellion made the people know they need to change the articles of confederation. after that we had a stronger and more powerful central government.

Under the category of Newfoundland the Advantages of Confederation in the the 21st Century is controversial. Newfoundland and Labrador contribute more to confederation than they receive when it comes to money and resources.

Canada does not provide military or border protection as both of these responsibilities have been integrated with the U.S. military and border services and since they are 10x the size of Canada they provide the majority of such services.

It could be argued that Canada acts as an insurance policy and will provide for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador when their resources are no longer profitable. That would be an advantage.

it only set up one--> the legislative branch

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The Yukon, Alaska, Nunavut, BC, AB, SK and MB.

I'm sure your textbook addresses that question is some detail but the two biggest ones were the lack of taxing authority and the lack of an executive authority. Because it could not levy taxes the congress could not raise its own money for national purposes. It could only ask the states for money and they often refused to give it. Because there was no executive the congress could not enforce whatever laws it passed. The states could, and did, ignore them if they wanted to. With that kind of weakness it was very difficult to get anything done. Michael Montagne

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Madison, along with a core of men, was involved in the very start of the revolution. The revolution was produced by a group of men who interacted with each other to create a nation. He wasn't involved in the revolution and since 1776 had taken part in VA government as much as he was involved in the creation of the constitution and the Bill Of Rights. He was all ready in Congress when the convention was called. In a letter to Washington he had outlined the most important points that were to be debated in the convention. He had studied the different republics and wrote long essays comparing governments. He was ready to create a constitution.

Under the Articles of Confederation the government did not have to power to levy taxes or form an army. The Articles of Confederation did not give the government enough power to function. They could only ask for the support of the states and hope they complied.

In regard to taxes, nobody wanted to pay taxes, so the government had no money. Shay's Rebellion showed that the government also didn't have the power to protect the states should they need it.

The Articles of Confederation were too weak because they were written with they tyranny of England fresh in the minds of the authors. They wanted to limit the power of government as much as possible and consequently created a government that couldn't function.

The nationalists opposed the Articles of Confederation because it gave too much power to ordinary people who were usually less educated. History had shown that people weren't naturally wise enough to handle so much power over their own affairs. Attempts to create a republic government in places in Europe had ended in chaos. This also happened to the Roman republic over 1800 years ago. They couldn't let the US fall into political chaos because it was a model for the rest of the world. The nationalists were also more concerned with keeping order than increasing freedom. There was a large debt after the American Revolution, so states put heavy taxes on goods traveling to other states, which therefore angered people and caused economic chaos. Critics of the Articles thought these problems occurred because Americans had too much power in their state legislatures.

Another main reason the Nationalists were against the Articles of Confederation was that they thought it produced a weak National government, and they supported a strong one. People were getting out of hand under the Articles (ex. Shay's Rebellion) and they liked to challenged authority. Nationalists wanted to keep control of this behavior. A weak government wouldn't get respect from the world as well.

power to tax

The articles did not include the power to tax by A1

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.