The Articles Of Confederation: A Comparative Analysis

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had very little power compared to the King who had total control and because of this we can compare it to modern day government in Somalia. Under reign of the King, the colonists were forced to abide by his laws and will. Whatever the King said, goes, which included taxation, such as the passing of the Stamp Act in 1765 which forced colonists to pay taxes on any printed federal papers, quartering of troops on the American soil, such as the Quartering Act of 1965 which forced American colonists to house British soldiers during the Revolutionary War, trade limitations, such as the American Revenue Act of 1764 which heavily taxed imported goods and strict collection policies, and more. Following the Declaration of Independence, the colonists needed to establish a form of government from …show more content…
The Constitution fixed the problems by giving specific powers to congress (Such as the ability to enforce taxes), division of power between national and state governments, making the Constitution the ‘Supreme Law of the Land’, and separating the power between branches (Perry Local, Pg 1). I feel that we can compare this to modern day Somalia. On July 1st, 1960, Somalia celebrated the joining of Italian Somaliland and former British Somaliland into the Somali Republic. Since British Somaliland was under a protectorate with the British, they had to pay customs taxes to Britain. Britain has also recently been putting restrictions on what can be imported and exported to and from Somalia, as the ongoing Civil War has been an impacting situation to Somalia and Britain. This can be compared to America declaring its independence from the British and the taxation laws and trade limitations put on America as