The Articles Of Confederation: A Revised Version Of The Constitution

As the first written agreement between states in America, the Articles of Confederation was bound to have flaws. The tyrannical force of Britain before the American Revolution caused Americans a sense of distrust and therefore the Articles of Confederation was a reactionary idea of Britain’s absolute monarchy. However it made the national government was incredibly weak, therefore it created problems internally, internationally, and economically. The Constitution, a revised version of the Articles, fixed nearly all these problems. Domestically, the Articles of Confederation created many issues because it only issued the national government a legislative branch – Congress – and without an executive branch nothing the federal government passed as a law could be enforced against the states. This means there was practically nothing to hold the states together dividing the newly formed country. The institution of a national government then became pointless because the definition of government is “the action or manner of controlling or regulating a nation, organization, or people”. The national government under the Articles lacked the power to control or regulate the states due to the lack of …show more content…
This left the United States of America vulnerable to enemy attack. Britain could have reconquered the US with the help of France and the War of Independence would be for nothing. Provided that the economy was failing, Congress could not support the funds for an army. Therefore, when Shay’s rebellion occurred, it could not be quelled with enough speed or efficiency. The Constitution fixed this by allowing Congress to assemble a national army and dispel any violent protests that ran a risk of damaging property or hurting people. For example, today if a similar rebellion to Shay’s were to occur, the government would have the ability to send in federal troops to quickly and efficiently expel the