was the articles of confederation an effective governement?

Question

why and why not? ignore the fact that afterwards they made the u.s. constution

Answer 1

If they were to have been allowed to stay in place, it's very possible we would have been invaded. Basically, there was no 'national defense' more of a state defense, but the inability to consolidate our forces means that we appeared fractured as a fledgling nation and that would have set us up for greater problems. Imagine if a single state opted by some great deal to not support the 'whole defense concept' rather, they supported the ideology of the 'invader' would be another reason why it wasn't effective. Very Interesting question. With our federalist form of goverment, it divides the power except when the 'whole is in trouble'

Adam

Answer 2

The united States under the Articles was not effectively governed - that's exactly why the Articles were replaced by the Constitution.

I agree somewhat with an earlier answer about national defense, but this only touches part of the myriad problems.

There was no national economy - or a currency that was uniform throughout the land. America was, and still is, a land of trade. It was curtailed because of no uniformity in exchange.

There was no equal recourse to justice - a famous early case is about the farmer in Pennsylvania whose geese could not be marketed effectively in Maryland, just a few miles away, because there was a state import duty.

There was no method of agreement on development of new territories, or of improvements in transportation and communication.

There was no equality in legislation - each state, no matter how large or small in wealth and population, had the same vote in the national legislature.

The system broke down because there was little incentive to make it work.

Answer 3

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was the articles of confederation an effective governement?
why and why not? ignore the fact that afterwards they made the u.s. constution

Answer 4

obviously they were not effective because they ended up having to further their foundations of the government.

Answer 5

pretty much was no federal goverment... had no power so no authority