What were the strengths and weaknessess of The Articles of Confederation?
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Look here:\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?search=strengths+and+weaknesses+of+articles+of+confederation&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DArWKri693.sbLKrdpQhcW9UezKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAthfLqOk2IQaHRFFJ98MQ8cezKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=strengths+and+weaknesses+of+articles+of+confederation
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read the Jefferson papers. He wrote the Articals of confederation before he wrote the Constitution. He also was a avaid sponser of the secant amendent. He was a active member of the first contintal congress. and amny other things. He was one of the greatest men in the begining of our nation.
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[1] No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. \n[2] No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress. \n[3] No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops and ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
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The authority of the Constitution was established after it was ratified by the (I believe it had to be 7 of the 13)Thirteen States. What isn't expressly given to the Federal Government is implied to go to the states.  The 3 branches had their own powers that check and balance each other out
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try this site\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution
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It was also the second consitution.  The first, called the Articles of Confederation, existed for the first decade of the republic and left out many Congressional powers such as the power to coin money, and was thus replaced.  The more federalized Constitution has been the governing document ever since.
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Try perusing the Federalist Papers for an argument for it or finding his notes from the Constitutional Convention (probably at a college library). Good luck!
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, was the first governing document of the United States of America. It was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after months of debate. It served as a non-binding plan of government until finally ratified into law on March 1, 1781 in York, Pennsylvania.\n\nThe Articles united the new thirteen American states into a loose confederation, a nation capable of making war, negotiating diplomatic agreements, and resolving issues regarding the western territories, but little more. It was initially intended only as a weak national government designed to manage an emergency, and as such, following the conclusion of the War and the onset of new priorities, its many conspicuous inadequacies became glaringly obvious. It was replaced by the much stronger United States Constitution upon its ratification on June 21, 1788.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation
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No central government under the Articles of Confederation. This meant no taxes could be levied to support an army or run vital operations without consent of state legislatures. Each state had its own exchange rate, since there was no regulation of inner-state commerce. There was also open rebellion like Shay's rebellion that had to be put down with limited resources. So in 1787 the founding fathers met in Philadelphia to draft the constitution under the guise of fixing the Articles of Confederation.\nThe constitution solved many issues, but left the issue of slavery and as the nation expanded this would lead to Civil War. Southerners wanted slavery to expand into Western lands and the compromise of 1850 allowed it. However in Kansas territory slave owners and abolitionists had a mini civil war, long before Fort Sumter. The other major issue in the nation was expansion because from the War of 1812 thru the Mexican War, all the winnings were in territory. Hawks in the country wanted the US to have Canada all the way to the Pacific. This is called manifest Destiny. Through conquest and purchases this was acheived excpt Canada was not conquered during the war of 1812. \nAnother major issue was overseas commerce because many nations did not respect American ships and attacked them. Barbary pirates and the British were two groups to have done this. In response to the Barbary Pirates the marines took Tripoli and it was the first time an American flag flew over a foreign capital.
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The Constitution gave the federal goverment more power.  Go to this site for a comparison:\n\nhttp://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.art.html
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haha you must have mr.cuda too! yeah the articles of confederation WEREN"T effective , he doesn't realize that the dbq says to "evaluate this statement". It doesn't say that you HAVE to agree but in class he made it seem as if that's how he wants it written, which is really hard becaue none of the documents support that idea.
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Read the 4th, 5th, and 6th articles of the Constitution. One of them has the answer.
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The main reason is because the Articles of Confederation worked so dismally. Without a relatively strong federal government, the states were not able to get anything done together. The framers believed that a central government, which could actually make decisions that were binding on the states was necessary in certain areas, such as printing currency, making war, etc.
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The Constitution is intended as a framework upon which the nation can build a legal system.  It's a wonderful thing.  Read it.  (You can get a free copy from the Cato Institute)\n\nThe only thing better is the Bill of Rights.\n\nMy least favorite Amendment is the 18th, but it's okay 'cos the 21st set that right!
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Federalism is, of course, the division of sovereignty between two levels of government, viz. state governments and the central government (which is often,somewhat inaccurately, called "the Federal Government"). You should note that Americans basically invented Federalism, and they did so for historical reasons.\n\nYou need to know a bit about the history of the United States up to the points where Federalism was created. Basically, even through the Revolutionary War the United States were a collection of states which were all sovereign, but agreed to work together on a number of things (most importantly, armed opposition to the British) while keeping most powers to themselves. The United States didn't really have a central government, Congress was a committee that helped organize things among the states who could pack up and leave any time they wanted to.\n\nAfter Independence (and during the war), the failures of this weak confederation became very apparent. It was seen that a more powerful central government was needed; one that could tax on its own, raise its own troops, and would have its own bureaucracy (all things that the Continental Congress had to beg the states to provide).\n\nThe loosely organized party called the Federalists, lead by Alexander Hamilton, were heavily in favor of a strong national government that would have pretty much all the authority (see: unitary state). The Anti-Federalists, lead by Thomas Jefferson, wanted only a weak central government. These camps were familiar with history, ancient and modern, and looked at a number of other confederations throughout history, including some of the Greek city states and the Swiss Confederacy. They learned from the problems that other such governments had and beautifully solved many of them by the invention of federalism.\n\nIn this form of government, those matters which states can handle on their own are handled by the individual states. But those things which the individual states can't handle (national defense, diplomacy, interstate commerce, etc) the central government would handle. Thus, instead of handling all problems at the same level of government, you can handle problems at the level best suited for them.\n\nThat is the answer in a nutshell. Very importantly, as for (1) why federalism is important and (2) how it differs from democracy  consider the following analogy and I think that your understanding will be greatly augmented:\n\nNOTE: This great analogy is from commentator JonahGoldberg\nhttp://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200412011600.asp\n\nImagine you've got ten dorms on a campus and a student population divided up into the usual coalitions: stoners, partiers, jocks, and so forth on one side, and study geeks, exchange students and — no offense — nerdy Mennonites on the other. A purely democratic system where all students get to decide dorm policy could result in the tyranny of 51 percent of the students over 49 percent of the students. The party-hardy crowd could pass a policy permitting loud music and keg parties at all hours of the night. Or if the more academically rigorous coalition won, they could ban "fun" of any kind, ever. Similarly, if the administration imposed its own policy from above, you could have a system that makes no one happy.\n\nBut, if you allowed each individual dorm to vote for its own policies, you could have a system where some dorms operate like scholarly monasteries and other dorms are more fun than a pool party at James Caan's house. Theoretically, 100 percent of the students could live the way they want. Maximized human happiness!\n\nThe virtue of a federalist, republican form of government is that the more you push these decisions down to the level where people actually have to live with their consequences, the more likely it is they will be a) involved and interested in the decision-making process, and b) happy with the result. Federalism is also morally superior
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The Constitution will not go into effect as law of the Land until ratified.\n\nThe (then) current Articles of Confederation were not meant to last forever and needed replacement and enhancements.  These Articles did not specify States Rights versus Federal Rights clearly.\n\nThe Federal Government is broken into 3 branches of Government, to ensure a system of "Checks and Balances."  No single group could get control.  Also, unlike the Articles, the Constitution gave details on how it can be changed in the future (by Ammentments and Ratification).