The Articles of Confederation, adopted by the Continental Congress, was the United States’ first constitution. It was effective from March 1, 1781, until it came to an abrupt end in 1789 because of the many difficulties it possessed. One of the many weakness’ of the Articles was that it did not have direct communication and did not focus on individuals. Its main purpose was directed towards state power. Every state separately dealt with taxes, currency, and militia. The Articles of Confederation did not have enough power to govern the states and force all of them to respect national obligations. As far as the tax problem proceeded, If I were representing a state at the Annapolis Convention to revise the Articles I would try and fix the problem
