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    Major Reginald Brighton, Under the Articles of Confederation Congress has limited powers. The powers congress has under the Articles of confederation are protecting the country, raise and lead the army and navy, declare war, make treaties, make rules for settling western lands, set up a mail delivery system, and print and borrow money. Although, to raise and lead an army the states must provide the soldiers and some of the officers. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government has the…

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    The Articles of Confederation was America’s first national government and it was created to establish an alliance between the thirteen states to work together. After gaining independence from Britain, America needed to come up with a strong government to lead the country. Congress wanted to change and not have a government like the Parliament which was viewed by the colonists as, “oppressive” and “brutal”. According to Document 1, article 2 states, “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom,…

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    The article of Confederation was a good extent form of government to officially established the union of the thirteen states. Also to gain and spread power through all states and raise army's, be able to create fair laws and print money. The reason why is because when the colonists split from England they required a plan for government. So, they decided to create the Articles of Confederation, which is a constitution that gave little power to the federal government and a large amount to the…

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    The branches of government are an enormous part of our country's system, but it did not magically appear. Our founding fathers began the process of creating our government with the Articles of Confederation; that were created in 1781 by the Continental Congress. This was constructed so there would not be a strong national government because of the terror of tyranny. There were many complications; such as the states were very powerful and continually undermined the national government. This led…

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    US Government The Limitations of the Articles of Confederation In the year 1777, The Articles of Confederation were written and agreed upon, becoming the governing document of the newly formed United States. We had declared our independence from England, and we declared ourselves a new nation announcing our sovereignty over our own laws and governance. The very last battle to be fought securing this status was the Battle of Yorktown. However, it was still not until September 3, 1783 when the…

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    the independence that will be gained if they win the war. The first set of rules to be drafted is known as the Articles of Confederation. Seeing that it was America’s first attempt at a government, it is quite obvious that there were many issues with the rules and provisions created, which caused problems in the new nation and stress among political leaders. The Articles of Confederation caused economic, legislative and leadership problems, along with unrest in the Anti-Federalist Party as shown…

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    The articles of confederation was the first form of the American constitution. However, it failed after just eight years in effect. Its sole purpose was making sure they were not giving the national government sole power. They wanted it as weak as possible. It also carried many flaws. Some being, each state only had one vote in Congress regardless of the state's size. That was a problem because in order for a law to pass they had to get nine votes out of the thirteen. Another being, there was no…

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    that would be followed by all. In 1777, colonists believed they achieved this goal. It the same year the colonists drafted The Articles of Confederation, which was the first written constitution by the American people, however it ultimately failed. It lacked vital aspects to run an efficient country such as leadership and means of an economy. The Articles of Confederation made it clear that a stronger, more sustainable constitution needed to be constructed.…

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    The Articles of Confederation, adopted by the Continental Congress, was the United States’ first constitution. It was effective from March 1, 1781, until it came to an abrupt end in 1789 because of the many difficulties it possessed. One of the many weakness’ of the Articles was that it did not have direct communication and did not focus on individuals. Its main purpose was directed towards state power. Every state separately dealt with taxes, currency, and militia. The Articles of Confederation…

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    The Articles of Confederation gave more power to the states than the national government. For example, through the Articles of Confederation, the states were sovereign, there was no president/ independent member of the executive branch, there were no federal courts and it was the states’ responsibility to enforce all laws, Congress did not have the power to tax, Congress had no authority over commerce that was foreign or within the states, Congress consisted of one body and each state regardless…

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