Whats the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 1

No strong central government.

Answer 2

The weaknesses of the Artciles of Confederation were the governments inabilities to place saturated and governing laws on the Constitution between States. Because they had no control over the governmental taxes there were many criticisms by those who favored a more powerful central state because the government lacked taxing authorities.

The federal government had to request funds from the states, which resulted in the United States government having to levy to larger States that were more wealthy to assist them in their inabilities to tax approporiately; which is the same situation we are in presently. Another concern was its one-state, one-vote plank. The larger states were expected to contribute more but had only one vote, though they could remedy this by dividing into smaller states. The entire governmental system is structured to rob from the rich and give to the richer! It's pathetic! But these are the essential weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation because they changed to often, too much, just like the judicial system. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS GOOD FOR MAKING LAWS, ARTICLES AND RULES BUT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE WITH THE BRAINS TO JURISDICT THE LAWS FAIRLY BETWEEN STATES, COMMUNITIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS!!!!!

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, was the first governing document, or constitution, of the United States of America. The final draft was written in the summer of 1777 and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777 in York, Pennsylvania after a year of debate. In practice it served as the de facto system of government used by the Congress ("the United States in Congress assembled") until it became de jure by final ratification on March 1, 1781. At that point Congress became the Congress of the Confederation. The Articles set the rules for operations of the "United States" confederation. The confederation was capable of making war, negotiating diplomatic agreements, and resolving issues regarding the western territories; it could print money and borrow inside and outside the US.

The Articles were created in 1777 by the chosen representatives of the states in the Continental Congress out of a perceived need to have "a plan of confederacy for securing the freedom, sovereignty, and independence of the United States." Although serving a crucial role in the attainment of nationhood for the thirteen states, it soon became clear the Articles lacked the necessary provisions for a sufficiently effective federal government and did not strike the right balance between large and small states in the legislative decision making process. This is why we now have debt in the United States, poverty between individuals, and bankruptcies within governments that they never let you know about.

The entire governmental system sucks overall as a whole because they have no common grounds for the power that they setforth in any Articles, Rules, or Governing Statutes that they enforce.

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Answer 3

The there was a week federal government & the states had all of the power.

Answer 4

OMG i was just studying this in S.S.! but i think it lacked a strong federal gov.

Answer 5

it places all the burden on congress, who had to make deals with the devil and beg shamlesly to get the states to do their share, then they had to deal with getting the blame when the states refused to contribute.