Articles of Confederation

It didn't. The articles were only internal to the new nation.

The Articles of Confederation was an emergency government during the American Revolution.

Well, simply put, the Constitution created a stronger federal government. In order to understand this, you have to understand that the colonial leaders did not want another king...so they created a government where the central (aka federal) was pretty weak. The states had all the power. The problem was that every state was allowed to anything their own way and there no agreement from one to next about how to do anything...including money. The money Ga was no good in SC. Laws concerning the same subject were entirely different from one state to the next. So instead of "The United STates" you had "The 13 Separate Countries" because that was what each state really was...a separate country from its' neighbors. Obviously, that was not going to work.

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They could write laws, declare war, make treaties, and make peace. I just did my homework and it had the same question.

There are a number of things that the fathers of confederation did. They brought provinces together and worked out various democratic ways of governing these territories in various conferences.

Under the Articles of Confederation the American colonists fought and defeated Great Britain and gained independence. By the end of the "Confederation era," Congress had created a bureaucracy to administer the day-to-day affairs of the government. The issue over the western lands was solved under the Articles. The large states holding vast amounts of western land ceded the land to the government under the Articles so that all the states could share in the wealth of those lands. The Northwest Ordinances were passed that provided for the creation of equal, self governing states in the Northwest Territories and the newly created states would have the same rights and privileges as the original 13 states. Congress also provided for a survey of the western lands to prepare the land for sale to all.

A policy to admit western territories as equal states.

The federal government was nearly nonexistent, each state had their own military and currency which made the US more prone to attacks.

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They wanted to prevent an abuse of national government

Yes, So did the US Congress. Yes, So was the US Congress.

the power to wage wars, make peace, sign treaties, and issue money
the national government could not enforce public order. each state had its own local militia. the national government could not create an army or a navy. therefore the united states had no military force to enforce its right in dealing with other nations. there were many problems with other nation Spain which ow-end Florida and the city of new Orleans and other southern land areas would not allow American framers in the west to ship their goods down the Mississippi river to new Orleans to be shipped to other nations. Britain had signed the treaty of Paris in 1783 but refused to abide by pay of the agreement. for example, they insisted on leaving fur trading posts in new york.

because if you traveled around you couldnt use money that u had in your state, you had to get the money from that specific state, therefore you would be left bankrupt

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To understand why the Articles of Confederation gave so much power to the individual states and so little to a unified federal government (in fact so little it was barely functional) think back to what was going on at the time and why the Articles were drafted in the first place. The colonies were rebelling against a central power (the King of England), so they were naturally afraid of creating another system where power was centralized and where their rights could again be jeopardized. By keeping most power at the individual state level, there was less concern that another "King" would be created. Also it is worthy to note that even this long before the Civil War there were regional tensions and concerns that an individual state would face unfair taxes or be forced to give up certain domestic institutions (one of the big ones being slavery) because of the desire of the majority of other states. There are also those that believe that the best form of government is a decentralized government. Not only is this a belief one espoused by the Articles of Confederation but also in the Bill of Rights. The tenth amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This amendment basically states that any powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution are given to the states instead. This amendment was and still is a major centerpiece in arguments that states and local governments should have the greatest share of power.

it was not backed by gold silver or land
It was not backed by gold, silver, or land.

Before the Constitution, each state acted individually on many issues. It was like having 13 separate countries with a mediocre friendship. the Articles of Confederation had supported this loose association of states. But by 1787, the loose friendship was in trouble.The Constitution set forth a strong central government. These states were not going to be happy with giving up many of the rights they exercised during the previous years. So, the framers of the Constitution wrote Article IV.

The relationships between the individual states had been tense, so Article IV demanded that each state respect the laws and decisions of the other states. Each state is required to treat citizens of the other states the same way it would treat one of its own citizens. If a person broke a law in Missouri and escaped to Georgia, Georgia would be required to send the criminal back to Missouri. The states had to work together and respect each other.

It gave too much power to individual states. The central government had too little power to be effective, and the people were unhappy about their excessive taxes.

The American government was unable to control finance within the US which made it too weak to command respect from foreign powers

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