Many people see the Articles of Confederation as a constitution that failed, however it did do some good for the United States. In the mid 1780s, the national government resolved a series of territorial disputes between states when they passed the Land Ordinance laws. Land was set aside in the west for schools and rules were established for creating new states. Although, the Articles of Confederation fixed land disputes it could not fix the economic issues that followed after the war. States were left in debt and unable to pay it off, resulting in an economic depression. However under the articles the government did not have the power to tax or request money, so the Constitution was introduced in hopes that it could fix these issues. Under
