Articles Of Confederation: The Weakness Of The Federal Government

Under the Articles of Confederation, our national government possessed countless issues over money, land, and the vulnerability of the government. As a result of borrowing arms during the Revolutionary War, the United States owed millions of dollars to other nations. Thus, the US had no way of repaying its debts because the congress could not tax the states, meaning they could not get money that was needed. Furthermore, the Continental Congress thought is could raise funds by printing paper money. Though, the Continental dollars became worthless because it was not backed up by gold or silver. The states soon began to issue their own money causing confusion considering that they were all using different currencies. Eventually, this economic depression lead us to the farmers revolt for the reason that congress could not pay its debts making it a extensive weakness of our national government. The new moving settlers and the original states kept demanding land as their own. However, congress had no idea on how to resolve these land disputes, because they required a judicial system. Likewise, during the Revolution, farmers borrowed money for extra land since the demand for food went higher. The farmers failed to repay their loans; to …show more content…
The national government could not enforce laws, taxes, war, and did not have a court system. For instance, because the government did not have a court system, this lead to countless unsettled disputes. Furthermore, considering that they could not tax the states and people, this caused the United States to be in major debt that we could not pay off. Lastly, because the government was so powerless and weak, foreign countries took advantage of the moment by closing ports causing more of an inconvenience to our farmers and their trade. Due to these problems, our national government became extremely weak lacking political