MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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it was too much like England’s government
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it created a strong central government
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it failed to protect the country
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it created weak state governments
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Detailed explanation-2: -The document was practically impossible to amend. The Articles required unanimous consent to any amendment, so all 13 states would need to agree on a change. Given the rivalries between the states, that rule made the Articles impossible to adapt after the war ended with Britain in 1783.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Articles of Confederation were like the law book of the United States of America. The articles, however, were very weak. They needed to be replaced by a much better entity which, we now know, was the constitution of the United States.