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What were the most important weaknesses or problems with the Articles of Confederation? Why were these issues so important? Were they resolved in...

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There were several problems with the plan of government created by the Articles of Confederation. One problem was that the government didn’t have the power to tax. This made it difficult for the government to get money and pay our debts. In the Constitution, the government was given the power to tax. Additionally, under the Articles of Confederation, both state governments and the federal government could make money. This led to a high rate of inflation. Under the Constitution, only the federal government can make money.


Another problem with this plan of government is that it couldn’t require people to join the military. When other countries, especially Spain and Great Britain, began to push the United States around, there wasn’t much the US government could do, in part because it couldn’t make people join the military. Along with this issue, the government had trouble maintaining order. When Shays’ Rebellion occurred, the state militia ended the rebellion. The federal government had more power regarding US military under the Constitution.


There also was no place where state governments could take their disputes with other states because there was no court system under the Articles of Confederation. This was corrected in the Constitution.


There were many problems with the plan of government created by the Articles of Confederation. These problems led to a meeting that produced a new plan of government known as the Constitution.

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