Articles of Confederation
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
- Included a unified army army for that states
- Set up a legislature 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 state
Disadvantages
- National Government couldn't tax
- No Executive or Judicial Branch
- Needed all 13 states to to amend a law
- National government couldn't enforce laws
Weak Central Government
I believe one reason the first government started as a weak central government, because on the taxes and laws that Britain was making.