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Pros And Cons Of The Articles Of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation Controversy
It is agreed upon by many historians that the articles of confederation were greatly flawed and would have led to the downfall of our nation, I agree in part that a change was necessary, but that the constitution was not the the perfect quick fix of the economic issues present. In the 1780’s newly founded America was on its way through political and economic turbulence as it tried to establish itself. The great American experiment began with the already set Articles of Confederation but rebellion and other events would make the use of this system be questioned. The Articles, though replaced by the constitution, did have some lasting effects as well.
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The protest was one of several that exposed the need to curb the excesses and inequities of state governments as Henry Knox saw it. Knox, a former commander in the revolution, wrote to Washington with his exaggerated and strong opinions on the matter. This combined with the other factors of these flaws finally made the great push to amend the Articles or create a new system. Many would say the Article’s flaws caused all the problems and the constitution fixed them, but this is simply not true. After our great war with Britain we were bound for a drawback just as great. Our debt and other results of the war helped the economic plunge, no matter the form of government. There was a considerable amount of inflation in this time, so much so that what soldiers who fought in the war were receiving as payment was close to worthless. We had an imbalance of trade that attacked our economy mercilessly. The constitution could have a part in fixing these many problems, but most of them had to be solved by time. This great and praised document was not the solve-all that it gets credited to be. The immense recession that our country went through was not a result of the Articles of Confederation, rather the Articles just made a political response to it a bit more challenging. A political response in which the constitution claims to have been able to make, despite the majority of this

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