Articles of Confederation
Strengths and Weaknesses By Kiristan Waters
Background information about the Articles of Confederation...
The Articles of Confederation was written by the Second Continental Congress and served as the first government for the United States
Strengths of the Articles of Confederation...
>The States had a unified army
>There was a legislature and each state had one vote
>An army was built and controlled
>Foreign country were dealt with on the States behalf
Actual Articles of Confederation
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation...
>The national government didn't have the power to enforce laws, so states could and did ignore them
>The national government could not tax
>Nine out of the thirteen states had to approve a law before it could be passed
>All 13 of the states were needed to amend a law
>There was no executive of judicial branch
>States began to suffer economically when each states started taxing one another thus hurting trade