Articles of Confederation and Constitution of 1787 The Constitution of 1787 came after the Articles of Confederation simply because the Articles of Confederation had a week central government that caused many issues which led to the Constitution of 1787 to stop the states from having individual power and to make all states equal. The Constitution of 1787 was to ratify the Articles of Confederation and to form a much better constitution.
With the Articles of Confederation there were many issues. By 1787 it was clear that the Articles of Confederation was not going to be a good enough constitution. The main issue with the Articles of Confederation was its lack of a strong central government. With a week central government caused many problems. One of which would be …show more content…
So all the states had their own system of exports and imports. Another issue was the no tax on trade by congress. All individual states had their own authority to tax trade, and the congress was also left shorthanded when it came time to paying off the states debts. Which left the congress having to ask the states for funds. So therefore, the state’s economy was lacking to pay for itself. One of the financial issues were that both the government and the states could print money. Which led to many issues such as keeping up with all the currency between all states and congress. It also led to the issue of making trade much difficult and less efficient with the value of the currency between all the states and foreign countries. With the lack of central government leads to the second issue with the Articles of Confederation which is lack of central leadership which was caused by allowing the states to have power. With the lack of central leadership led to issue of no system in the judiciary court. So the entire judiciary branch would rely on each states which allows each state to completely ignore the laws of the congress. So if there was an issue the
With the Articles of Confederation there were many issues. By 1787 it was clear that the Articles of Confederation was not going to be a good enough constitution. The main issue with the Articles of Confederation was its lack of a strong central government. With a week central government caused many problems. One of which would be …show more content…
So all the states had their own system of exports and imports. Another issue was the no tax on trade by congress. All individual states had their own authority to tax trade, and the congress was also left shorthanded when it came time to paying off the states debts. Which left the congress having to ask the states for funds. So therefore, the state’s economy was lacking to pay for itself. One of the financial issues were that both the government and the states could print money. Which led to many issues such as keeping up with all the currency between all states and congress. It also led to the issue of making trade much difficult and less efficient with the value of the currency between all the states and foreign countries. With the lack of central government leads to the second issue with the Articles of Confederation which is lack of central leadership which was caused by allowing the states to have power. With the lack of central leadership led to issue of no system in the judiciary court. So the entire judiciary branch would rely on each states which allows each state to completely ignore the laws of the congress. So if there was an issue the