Articles of Confederation

gave more power to the federal government-apex

central government had the power to declare war and negotiate peace

it can be considered this actually!

The Articles created a one-house legislature as the Confederation's main institution. Making the government and unicameral system of government.

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we won the American revolution and it set criteria for ratification of the constitution.

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The Aritcles of confederation provided for a loose confederation or a "firm league of friendship" Thirtenn independent states were thus linked togetehr for joint action in dealing with common problems. However there was a clumsy congress, and no executive branch due to the fact King George III left a bad effect. The confederation would also be key in creating the states constituions and eventually the United State's Declaration of Independence.

the articles of confederation failed for many reasons. one reason was that the states had too much power leaving the federal government weak. there was no chief executive. Laws needed to be approval of 9 out of 13 states. congress did not have the power to tax states. congress did not have the power to draft an army. there was no national court system. any amendments had to be approved by all 13 states. congress did not have the power to collect state debts. congress did not have the power to settle disputes among states.

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They could give less power to the states while still letting them be independent and free. This would allow the central government to regulate trade, tax fairly which in turn would pay off the war debt. Also, due to the Articles of Confederation, any one state legislature had the power to hold back any ratification that was passed by every other state. This allowed that one state to ask for anything for its own personal gain which might ruin the economy.

There was no central power to keep everyone together. There wasn't a good way to collect taxes to keep the country going. Trade was very difficult between the states.

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.

The convention that came to be known as the Constitutional Convention or the Federal Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, was instructed by the government under the Articles to revise the existing frame of government. Instead, the delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution for the nation.

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. 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.

They feared that a strong central government would become corrupt and oppressive, with a head of state who was above the law (like a king), and a congress (or parliament) manipulated by big business. Even some people today, including this contributor, believe that they were right.

They taxed others

Trade

And power

it didn't provide a strong central government. the states acted completely independent of each other. acting for their best interest and not that of the states as a whole.

Each state had one vote in Congress, which gave each state equal power.

Drafted during the years 1776 and 1777, while the colonists were still fighting for independence, the Articles of Confederation created a weak national government 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. 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,

Primarily, it was the lack of a trading relationship between the states, and the lack of a single currency within the 13 colonies. In 1776-1781, the colonies proved they could unite for defense purposes. The constitution of 1791 was about constructing an economic system, hence its several compromises on how slavery would be handled within a united country, compromises that eventually led to disunion and civil war.

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The US Constitution created a strong central federal government as opposed to the state-centered Articles of Confederation. The new government would have powers of taxation, printing money, treaties, a standing military, and regulation of interstate commerce. It would become the law of the land and supersede any conflicting state laws.

The Articles of Confederation orformally the

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first Constitution. And has beensuperseded by the current one

The states

to hep them govern through the war