Weakness of the Article of Confederation
During the course of the Second Continental Congress in 1777, the Articles of
Confederation were adopted for the proposal of a central institution. This meeting started in 1775, gathered many of the most brilliant minds of that period at Pennsylvania. Delegates were sent from the thirteen colonies to represent in the convention. The convention was a series of meeting, on the attempt to solve political and social issues. One of the major concern was the concept of distribution in power. The Articles of Confederation was drafted for this purpose. After the colonies ' break from Great Britain, the document was intended to devise a system of government for the newly-united America. It established the fundamental …show more content…
This is with the idea of no central monetary network. Each state ran their own type of bank and printed their own paper currency. There were no common point among these currency, meaning the worth in value would differed. The value of currency will decrease as distance increase from the bank that distributed it. The Federal government also have the authority to print money, however they held little control so their printed money were considered worthless compared to the states. Consequently, any trade among foreign and inter-state affairs progressed to be inefficient and difficult. The Articles failed to call forth a uniform currency which indicated attribute of weakness among a disorganized …show more content…
With no power to levy nor enforce taxes, the federal government were struggling to accumulate a national budget. This particular point really emphasize the defects of central government and presented its inconsistency. The general legislative branch with only thirteen members prove to be an inefficient elements. The limit upon votes, regardless of size, concluded in long delays and simple no results. Problems over having only one branch of government, the legislature, averted to the issue of lacking both a solid leader and national judiciary court. Without these keystone structure the congress proved to be in a disadvantage. Overall with no uniform systems upon each state, truly portrays disorganization rather than unity. These attributes established the weakness within the Articles of Confederation thus needed to be replaced. The Articles contributed to a ineffective, inconsistent, and weakness of a early central institution. Neglecting the faults of the Articles of Confederation, it became one of the major steppingstone which progressed America to the
During the course of the Second Continental Congress in 1777, the Articles of
Confederation were adopted for the proposal of a central institution. This meeting started in 1775, gathered many of the most brilliant minds of that period at Pennsylvania. Delegates were sent from the thirteen colonies to represent in the convention. The convention was a series of meeting, on the attempt to solve political and social issues. One of the major concern was the concept of distribution in power. The Articles of Confederation was drafted for this purpose. After the colonies ' break from Great Britain, the document was intended to devise a system of government for the newly-united America. It established the fundamental …show more content…
This is with the idea of no central monetary network. Each state ran their own type of bank and printed their own paper currency. There were no common point among these currency, meaning the worth in value would differed. The value of currency will decrease as distance increase from the bank that distributed it. The Federal government also have the authority to print money, however they held little control so their printed money were considered worthless compared to the states. Consequently, any trade among foreign and inter-state affairs progressed to be inefficient and difficult. The Articles failed to call forth a uniform currency which indicated attribute of weakness among a disorganized …show more content…
With no power to levy nor enforce taxes, the federal government were struggling to accumulate a national budget. This particular point really emphasize the defects of central government and presented its inconsistency. The general legislative branch with only thirteen members prove to be an inefficient elements. The limit upon votes, regardless of size, concluded in long delays and simple no results. Problems over having only one branch of government, the legislature, averted to the issue of lacking both a solid leader and national judiciary court. Without these keystone structure the congress proved to be in a disadvantage. Overall with no uniform systems upon each state, truly portrays disorganization rather than unity. These attributes established the weakness within the Articles of Confederation thus needed to be replaced. The Articles contributed to a ineffective, inconsistent, and weakness of a early central institution. Neglecting the faults of the Articles of Confederation, it became one of the major steppingstone which progressed America to the