ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATRION
ADVANTAGES OF ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
- INCLUDED A UNIFIED ARMY FOR THE STATES
- SET UP A LEGISLATURE WHERE EACH STATE HAD ONE VOTE
- IT WAS ABLE TO BUILD AND CONTROL AN ARMY
- HAD THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES ON BEHALF OF THE STATES
- IT WAS DRAWN UP BY THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
DDISADVANTAGES FOR THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
- GOVERNMENT COULD NOT ENFORCE LAWS SO EVEN IF RATIFIED, STATES COULD IGNORE THEM
- GOVERNMENT COULD NOT TAX
- IT NEEDED 9 OUT OF 13 STATES IN ORDER TO AMEND A LAW
- NO EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIAL BRANCH
- CAUSED THE STATES TO SUFFER ECONOMICALLY ESPECIALLY WHEN EACH STATE STARTED TAXING ONE ANOTHER AND HURTING TRADE
ONE REASON WHY
I FEEL THE DESIGNERS CREATED A GOVERNMENT WITH A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SO THAT THE PEOPLE/CITIZENS AND OTHERS COULD FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY WANTED. ALSO SO THAT THEY COULD GET WHAT THEY WANTED OUT OF IT.