Articles of Confederation
Ryan Powers
Advantages
- Unified army for the states
- A legislature was set up where each state had one vote
- Was able to build and control an army
- Had the ability to deal with foreign countries on behalf of the states
Disadvantages
- National government couldn't tax
- National government couldn't enforce laws
- States could tax one another
- No executive branch
- Needed 9 out of 13 states approval to pass a law
- Needed all 13 states in order to amend a law
The designers of the Articles of Confederation created a weak central government because they were trying to distribute more power to the states. They didn't want to have one person in power like the British king.