Why were the articles of confederation written with so many weaknesses?

Answer 1

The states originally did not want a strong centralized government. The Articles of Confederation were weak specifically for that purpose. It was not until later that a strong federal government was persued. Even at the time of the writing of the US Constitution, there were those who still favored a weak centralized government. The Federalist Papers were actually written to convince people to change their minds and promote a strong centralized government.

Answer 2

My best guess:
The authors of the Articles of Confederation did not have any experience designing the government for a new nation. They thought that a loose relationship among the different colonies (now states) would serve their purposes.

A relatively few years later, it became clear that there was a need to provide for the common defense and to better define the relationships among the states ... to give some powers to the individual states and some to a federal government.

There was agreement that the government should not be all-powerful (like a monarchy or dictatorship), but it was not clear to the framers of the Articles just how strong or weak the government should be. The second time around they did an incredibly better job.

Answer 3

The Articals of Confederation replace into substantial simply by fact the 13 colonies for the 1st time vested particular powers in a countrywide government. After the revolution, those colonies went decrease back to keeping the ability of government unto themselves until the continental congress discarded the Articles of Confederation and altered them with the U. S. shape.

Answer 4

The reason the Articles were so weak is that, even after the Revolution, the original Thirteen Colonies were undecided as to whether they wanted to be one country or thirteen.

The fourteenth state to join the Union, Vermont, was an officially recognized independant country from 1777 to 1791. It actually exchanged ambassadors with France, Holland, and the US.

Answer 5

There were no weaknesses. The wealthy wanted more centralized power, and got rid of the Articles.