Articles of Confederation

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Yes AND no, depending of which angle you are asking from.

It is no, due to the fact that the Articles of Confederation created/built a very weak government, which is the complete contrast of what Federalism is; which it's based upon a strong centralized government.

It is yes if you are asking whether or not it helped in the rise of Federalism. When it created a weak U.S. government in which nothing was properly functioning as it should be. Debts were not being paid off, the rights given were too vague to interpret, and certain states were given more power than others. Thus, it created alarm and added onto the support of Federalism, the idea of a stronger central government.

The question is a bit vague on which direction it's heading so I hope this answer helps you out.

When they wanted to unite all colonies.

There were at least two major weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation. The first was that it did not provide enough revenue for the central government and it did not allow for person liberties of the citizens.

the articles of confederation were meant to be weak, because the colonists had just broken away from what they considered a tyranny, so they wanted a weak government that couldn't have to much power. it did just that.

the articles limited the national government in many ways. there was no executive power, the congress could not raise an army unless the states gave them troops, they could not regulate trade, they could not impose a tax on the states, instead they had to beg for money basically. the list goes on an on.

They couldn't enforce laws because they gave the states too much power. If they were to have a law, the only way for it to pass was if the 9 states voted in favor of it.

A Bill of Rights

Drafted during the years 1776 and 1777, while the colonists were still fighting for independence, the Articles of Confederation created a weak In_the_articles_of_Confederationwhat_couldn't_Congress_do_awage_war_bsign_treaties_cborrow_money_dcollect_taxesgovernment with most of the governmental powers retained by the states. The Articles provided no separation of branches. There was no president or any other independent executive, nor was there a federal judicial branch. Congress, the legislature, was the only branch of government. Laws required unanimous votes. Members elected to congress did not vote as individuals, but as states. While congress did have some powers, it could not enforce its laws on the states or the people. States were permitted to coin their own money. There was no regulation of commerce between the states and states could even enter into treaties with foreign nations and declare war, "with the consent of Congress." Congress could not tax the states or the people, it could only request funds to run the government. Under the Articles of Confederation the American colonists fought and defeated Great Britain and gained independence. By the end of the "Confederation era," Congers 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. Under the Articles, the states were held together until a new government under the Constitution was created. The new nation began to emerge as one respecting the ideas that had caused the Revolutionary War in the first place.

I think the biggest problem with the Articles of Confedertion were not working. The government was weak and getting weaker. States were in charge,The Congress could not force anyone to do what anyone to do what was needed for the country.

yes

I think it was probably because of the situations they faced in the near future. If the war was lost, they probably wanted enough elbow room to try to get freedom again. The military leadership of the confederated states was inclined to believe that a war was not only inevitable, but impossible to win. You have asked a real tough question! Probably a hundred answers to it...

The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one branch of government. It was the Legislative Branch.

they belonged to groups with a matrilineal culture....novanet

The purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation. However, Rhode Island didn't send representatives and the Articles of Confederation required each state to send representatives in order to edit the Articles of Confederation. Because the Articles of Confederation could not be edited, the Articles of Confederation were thrown out and the current Constitution of the United States was created. This meeting is also known as the Constitutional Convention.
This is false. The purpose of the meeting in Annapolis in 1785 was not to change the Articles of Confederation.
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The Articles of Confederation are best characterized as a weak constitutional framework. Their existence led directly to the US Constitution being written, however.

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The Articles of Confederation were deemed to weak to control a government. It lacked powers such as the right to tax and the right to hold a standing army. It was later replaced by the Constitution, which included stronger powers and more powers to control what happened in the country.

George Washington thought that the Articles of Confederation had weakened Congress, leaving it unable to keep order, raise money through taxes, or deal effectively with European nations. He wrote, "The Confederation appears to me to be little more than a shadow without substance."

denied-the right for a state to print it's own money

SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATES! this is correct from apex

My assignment was the deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation.

There were many difficulties when this great nation was first getting started. If I were alive at that time and saw how they treated one another and the way that things were conducted I would never had imagined that we would have what we have today.

According to the text some states began to coin their own money because of the chaos that came from the trading among one another. (O'Connor & Sabato, 2009, p. 10)

Another weakness that the Articles of Confederation had was that they didn't allow Congress to regulate commerce among the states or with foreign nations. (O'Connor & Sabato, 2009, p. 10) If we didn't have this type of trading today we would not be one of the most powerful nations on the planet.

The articles also had provisions against the executive branch and the judicial system. The provision with the executive branch of government was that it would be responsible for executing, or implementing, laws passed by the legislative branch. The text also stated that the President was just merely the presiding officer at meetings. The judicial system which is there to handle the growing number of economic conflicts was also a problem with the Articles of Confederation. This type of system today would be a disaster waiting to happen. This country would not be where it is if it were not for the countless of allies this country has and for setting boundaries on states and who can own what and for what cost. (O'Connor & Sabato, 2009, p. 10)

If this were the case in today's world we would never get anywhere with anything that was brought to their attention and we would be a country that is always at war with either ourselves or with the rest of the world.

The greatest weakness that the articles had was the lack of a strong central government basically saying that the states acted individually and made their own rules and laws and it didn't matter what the rest said. In today's government some of this is still true today with the different states having their own rules and regulation but in the end it comes down to what the president has to say, they don't just ignore him as they did in the past

to fight the revolutionary war, congress had borrowed large sums of money. with the war over, it was now time to pay back the loans. yet the confederation congress did not have the money to do so. congress also found that it did not have the power to deal on an equal basis with other nations.Lol

The American colonists were afraid of a strong overpowering government, similar to that of Parliment is Britain.

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson.