what were the weakeness of the article of confederation?

Answer 1

Four visible weaknesses of the articles, apart from
those of organization, made it impossible for Congress to
execute its constitutional duties. These were analyzed in
numbers 15-22 of The FEDERALIST, the political essays in
which Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay argued
the case for the U.S. CONSTITUTION of 1787. The first
weakness was that Congress could legislate only for states,
not for individuals; because of this it could not enforce
legislation. Second, Congress had no power to tax. Instead,
it was to assess its expenses and divide those among the
states on the basis of the value of land. States were then
to tax their own citizens to raise the money for these
expenses and turn the proceeds over to Congress. They could
not be forced to do so, and in practice they rarely met
their obligations. Third, Congress lacked the power to
control commerce--without its power to conduct foreign
relations was not necessary, since most treaties except
those of peace were concerned mainly with trade. The fourth
weakness ensured the demise of the Confederation by making
it too difficult to correct the first three. Amendments
could have corrected any of the weaknesses, but amendments
required approval by all 13 state legislatures. None of the
several amendments that were proposed met that requirement.

On the days from September 11, 1786 to September
14, 1786, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
had a meeting of there delegates at the Annapolis
Convention. Too few states were represented to carry out the
original purpose of the meeting--to discuss the regulation
of interstate commerce--but there was a larger topic at
question, specifically, the weakness of the Articles of
Confederation. Alexander Hamilton successfully proposed
that the states be invited to send delegates to Philadelphia
to render the constitution of the Federal Government
adequate to the exigencies of the Union." As a result, the
Constitutional Convention was held in May 1787.

Answer 2

The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government. The biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation was it couldn't raise and support an army or navy. Instead states would have to volunteer their militias to fight foreign or domestic enemies. In the case of Shay's Rebellion it was found to be very difficult coordinating and asking states for their militias.

Answer 3

The Articles of Confederation had the greatest problems in the area of regulation of trade and the levy of taxes.

Answer 4

Google is your friend....

As your textbook probably states....

The Articles of Confederation didn't address basic economic needs, such as a common currency, Revolutionary War debts, regulation of Interstate Commerce, etc.

If the USA would've been attacked during this period (instead of 1812) then there would've been a much different result. And, major events like the Louisiana Purchase would've been impossible.

Answer 5

there was not a strong central government , the state could make their own constitution , their own money, and the money part was the problem, if they went to another state they had to change their money . it was just like having 13 small countries, they also wanted to break away from the mother country
England , so the 13 states had to show England that they were independent and that they could work together,
the states also had problems and they didnt have courts to settle their disputes.