Discuss The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Articles Of Confederation

First and foremost, the Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the U.S. that was ratified in the late 1700s. Therefore, there was an agreement that took place between the 13 states in order to establish a federal government to the people before the original constitution went into effect in 1789 at which it is our constitution today. There were many strength and weaknesses to the Articles of Confederation that benefited and that did not benefit the people and all the others such as the government, economy, etc.

To begin with, the strengths of the Articles of confederation is that the Constitution of the United States was taken into consideration, Centralized Government, and power that was divided between the central government and the state government. Also, the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation is that the national government was too weak, The U.S. executive branch was badly lacking worldly knowledge and it was too difficult to change the Articles. In the early 1781-1789, the Articles of Confederation got its name from the supreme land of the land. Also, known as “The Constitution”. …show more content…
All of the 13 states which were New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland were in charge of approving the legislatures before hand. In fact, 4 sets of the first 10 amendments were submitted while the other 3 were sent to the states for approval. Unfortunately, the proposal was defeated by Rhode Island because of the post war and recession. Recession is the economical denial at which the trade and industrial activity are reduced for different reasons. Therefore, congress took advantage and granted limited power to the National government and managed the foreign activites that was taking