The development of the New World as a nation underwent several significant changes to accomplish what it is today. From this, many ideologies and legislations were implemented to unify the thirteen colonies and one of the written laws initiated during the time of development, were the Articles of Confederation. Although the Articles of Confederation were written to provide the colonies with an impression of a united country, the document itself possessed numerous flaws that left the country feeling the opposite. This will be illustrated by reviewing the Congress’ inadequate influence in the approval of legislations, taxation of the states, and foreign policies in the existing colonies during the 18th century.
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Thus, the Articles of Confederation was written to provide a sense of unification among the thirteen colonies of North America. However, the articles proved to be more troublesome than convenient for the Congress. One of the many flaws that the articles possess is the procedure of the admissions of new legislations. Congress faced many predicament in passing laws as it was agreed in the articles that nine out of the thirteen states must comply before it was enacted (Davis, 100). For example, to simply rectify or change anything in the Articles of Confederation needed a unanimous agreement with all thirteen states (Hux, Jarman, Gleberzon, 59). This proved to be quite difficult as war was present at the time made the process slower as many states were quite occupied with their own predicaments. Article ten of the document also states that the bureaucracy of the country shall only be approved to execute laws but only when consent from nine states are given, provided that …show more content…
America, under article two of the document, enabled its states to keep its own sovereignty, freedom and independence (Magill, 289). This ensued the federal government to gain an insufficient influence and the states to keep its authority. This appeared to be a considerable obstacle when Congress tried to address the issue of taxation amongst the states. Congress was deficient in its power to impose tariffs as each state alone could tax itself or oversee its commerce, although each was to contribute its share of money to maintain its confederation (Magill, 289) . The Articles of Confederation ordered consequential duties to the Congress without giving them the power to accomplish those responsibilities (Magill, 289). With the Congress’ inability to tax the American citizen, they could only hope that the states will meet their appointed claims and cooperate in order vital areas (Magill, 289). However, the colonies, who noted the funds, proved to be exceedingly reluctant to pay for the aftermath of the revolutionary war (Reynolds, 59). Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris (an affluent Philadelphia financier) endowed part of the war and proposed a five percent import duty but a number of states refused to cooperate (Reynolds, 59). The power to print and borrow money remained in the powers of the states causing a massive inflation and
Prior to the victory of the American …show more content…
Thus, the Articles of Confederation was written to provide a sense of unification among the thirteen colonies of North America. However, the articles proved to be more troublesome than convenient for the Congress. One of the many flaws that the articles possess is the procedure of the admissions of new legislations. Congress faced many predicament in passing laws as it was agreed in the articles that nine out of the thirteen states must comply before it was enacted (Davis, 100). For example, to simply rectify or change anything in the Articles of Confederation needed a unanimous agreement with all thirteen states (Hux, Jarman, Gleberzon, 59). This proved to be quite difficult as war was present at the time made the process slower as many states were quite occupied with their own predicaments. Article ten of the document also states that the bureaucracy of the country shall only be approved to execute laws but only when consent from nine states are given, provided that …show more content…
America, under article two of the document, enabled its states to keep its own sovereignty, freedom and independence (Magill, 289). This ensued the federal government to gain an insufficient influence and the states to keep its authority. This appeared to be a considerable obstacle when Congress tried to address the issue of taxation amongst the states. Congress was deficient in its power to impose tariffs as each state alone could tax itself or oversee its commerce, although each was to contribute its share of money to maintain its confederation (Magill, 289) . The Articles of Confederation ordered consequential duties to the Congress without giving them the power to accomplish those responsibilities (Magill, 289). With the Congress’ inability to tax the American citizen, they could only hope that the states will meet their appointed claims and cooperate in order vital areas (Magill, 289). However, the colonies, who noted the funds, proved to be exceedingly reluctant to pay for the aftermath of the revolutionary war (Reynolds, 59). Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris (an affluent Philadelphia financier) endowed part of the war and proposed a five percent import duty but a number of states refused to cooperate (Reynolds, 59). The power to print and borrow money remained in the powers of the states causing a massive inflation and