Articles of Confederation What is a Confederation A
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Articles of Confederation
What is a Confederation? • A confederation is an association of sovereign member states, that by treaty have delegated certain of their competences to common institutions, in order to coordinate their policies in a number of areas
Why were the Articles Created • Declared independence and needed a system to govern themselves • Think… How would you design your new government after defeating a colonial power?
American Thoughts of England
Fears Addressed by Articles • Fear of creating a powerful national government • Thus, they created weak national government • No executive or judicial branches • Confederation Congress
Continued • States had majority of power and become like small countries • Influence by classical republican gov’t- small communities
Fears Addressed by Articles • Fear that states would dominate others in national govt • Larger more populous states may have more influence Congress • Solution- 1 state one vote
Does this make sense? According the articles, large states and small states have equal representation in Congress
Weaknesses of the Articles • Confederation Congress had no authority over people or states • States decided laws
Weaknesses • Congress could not collect taxes from people or states • Congress could not regulate trade • Unfair representation- small/large states have some # of votes • Fear of faction rule in states
Weaknesses • Each state had own money • What problems would this cause?
conclusion • 1787, power in congress needed to change • People thought the Confederation would never last • Possible wars
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- Why did the articles of confederation fail
- Problems of articles of confederation
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