Advantages Of The Articles Of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation were the very first framework of government, which were ratified in 1781. These articles created a weak government and gave more power to the state governments. After winning the war and declaring their independence from Great Britain, the United States needed some form of government. The national government consisted of a unicameral legislature, which meant that is only had one house or chamber of legislature. In the Articles of Confederation, article two states, “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation

While the Articles of Confederation unified the American colonies for the first time, the individual states had a hard time allowing a central government to solely control their territory. Due to fear of an all powerful monarchy like the one they had experienced in England the colonies were wary of allowing a central government certain powers. These certain powers included control of commerce, ability to tax, and even the ability to act directly upon individual citizens of a state. While the Articles provided a loose confederation to unify the new country, they were only a temporary solution due to their obvious weaknesses in several areas. The Articles of Confederation were essentially

During the time of the Revolutionary War, the American Colonies were upset about the England’s tyrannical rule and exploitation through harsh taxes. Eventually, the colonists revolted and split from England. They wrote the Declaration of Independence and created a new government whose outlines were written in the Articles of Confederation. Unfortunately, the Articles of Confederation had an overall negative impact, as it created a weak central government, a poor financial system, and inadequate militias. There are more disadvantages than advantages to this document.

The Articles of Confederation was an agreement under which the 13 original states established a federal government in 1781. The states called their confederation the United States of America, continuing the name used in the Declaration of Independence. The Articles of Confederation served as the new nation's basic map of government until the first government under the Constitution of the United States was formed in 1789. The Congress of the Confederation operated the government under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles attempted to balance the need for an effective national government with the traditional

The government that our country operates under in modern times is quite different than the government in place at our country’s conception. However, they do share many of the same practices and ideologies. The Articles of Confederation were founded on the basis of a very limited national government, and the idea that states should interact with each other through a “loose league of friendship”. In this friendship, the states would work and trade together, but no form of central government was needed. This system was not nearly sufficient for the nations problems at the time. Recognizing the need for a reform, the nations leaders tried to reform the current system, and with little success, the decision was made that they should start

The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution and served to form a type of government for the 13 colonies at the time. ”The Articles of Confederation is the original framework for the government of the United States, adopted in 1781 and superseded by the U.S Constitution in 1789. It established a “firm league of friendship” among the states, rather than a government “of the people” (Dye 66). When the Articles of Confederation were established the federal government lacked power, but most of the power was held within the states. “The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments” (Primary Documents in American History). The articles of confederation failed by giving state more power than the federal government. U.S. feared that if the federal government had

The Articles of Confederation was the United State’s first constitution, it was written in an effort to unite the states after the American Revolution and served as a blueprint for the modern constitution. In order for the Articles to become official, they had to be approved by all thirteen colonies. Although Congress sent the Articles of Confederation to the states around the end of 1777 to become ratified, they were not officially adopted until March 1, 1781. Under these Articles, the states remained sovereign and independent, with Congress serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes. The American people feared a strong national government and as a result of this, the Articles of Confederation were specifically designed to be weak in the sense that each state maintains its own sovereignty and all rights to govern themselves, with the except of the rights exclusively granted to Congress. Since the Articles lacked many necessary components to keep a nation properly structured, they were eventually revised into the constitution we recognize today. Although, the Articles of Confederation seemed as though it only contained weaknesses, within the document, many strengths and accomplishments were made. Overall, the Articles of Confederation were proven to be both efficient and non-efficient during the time period they were in effect.

The year of 1776 was a time of revolution, independence, and patriotism. American colonists had severed their umbilical cord to the Mother Country and declared themselves “Free and Independent States”.1 The chains of monarchy had been thrown off and a new government was formed. Shying away from a totalitarian government, the Second Continental Congress drafted a document called the Articles of Confederation which established a loose union of the states. It was an attempt at self-government that ended in failure. The Articles of Confederation had many defects which included a weak central government that lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, required equal representation and a unanimous vote to amend the Articles, and had only a

power when it came to the States. The central government was very weak and not able to

Following the American Revolution, the necessity of the formation of a new central government was evident. The nation was split over exactly how much power could be appointed to the federal government without it becoming tyrannical. Finally, at the Constitutional Congress, the Articles of Confederation were created to bind the nation under a relatively weak federal government. However, these articles led to United States to a bumpy start as they did not allow for effective government from 1781 to 1789. The weakness of the Articles can be seen in the conflict over territorial claims, economic struggles, and general lack of control that the federal government help in the period of which the United States was governed under them.

Not only did the states have a hard time paying the debts off as it was, new taxes were near impossible to pass due to a huge majority requirement. This problem was further exacerbated by the fact that the new union had no uniform system of currency, and all states could print money as they pleased to do so. In the coming years, leaders of the new government would find that such a system of slow legislation and excessive complication of currency would be a hindrance to the new nation, and would lead to the scrapping and re-writing of a new structure of government. The impact of this led to harsh impacts on economies as higher taxes and duties hit businesses hard, and the poor became even poorer. Furthermore, many rights of people were not guaranteed in the new Articles of Confederation. Gray states, “ The unlimited power granted to Justices of the Peace, Serriffs, Deputy-Serriffs and Constables, by the Riot Act, indemnifying them in the prosecution thereof, when perhaps wholly actuated from a principle of revenge, hatred and envy” had led to problems between the people and the government officials that had grossly over extended their power, taking personal affairs onto the justice of the new nation. The states had no real obligation to follow federal laws as meant, but rather that “Full faith and

The weakness of the Articles of Confederation in meeting the monetary needs of the new nation, to recruit troops or enforce laws for the common good of the nation prompted change dividing the nations politicians in two groups. The Federalist believed that a stronger and more centralized government would be needed. The Anti-Federalist believed that most of the power should lay with the states and ultimately the citizens. While both sides agreed that the Articles of Confederation were to weak and could lead to anarchy the differed on their views on how to fix it.

With paper money, Congress was able to meet the needs with the new Continental dollar. Printing new money was the more effective policy as there was very little regulation that needed to occur; all they had to do was print more money. By 1779, Congress had issued about 200 million dollars in paper money and so had each state. Although it led to a disastrous inflation, it was useful for the short time during the war. Congress was indeed concerned with this inflation and potentially sought out other ways to generate income. Taxes were a possibility and they were enacted upon on a state to state basis by the respective state government but this required a lot of regulation and enforcement and an initial capital of funds which the government had

Introduction: During the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation were written to establish a new form a government after declaring independence from Britain. The lack of stability created under the Articles of Confederation was a result of fears that the Founding Fathers had about created too much of a strong central government. One of the powers that the government did not have was raising an army. Shay’s Rebellion, an uprising of farmers was not easily suppressed due to the inability to raise an army. The first form of government away from England, the Articles of Confederation, failed due to a weak central government not operating properly.

After the Revolutionary War, it was determined that the current lack of government was a problem.  Therefore, in 1777 the Articles of Confederation was established. A government system was needed to establish the authority of the Continental Congress. Once the document was created it was displayed to the individual states. It was mandatory that all states agreed to the Articles of Confederation before the rules could be placed into action. The idea of the article was that the states would own and control the majority of their own government regulations. Most people feared the control of a single power government system, therefore, the federal government held little power. The federal government quietly served as a common ground for representatives