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-The government was able to mint money so they started printing paper money.
-The government could negotiate treaties so they would stay peaceful with other countries.
-Allowed states to write their own constitutions when their population was more then 60,000.
-The government came up with a brilliant idea called the land ordinance of 1785 which told them how to divide western land.
-The government was limited so they did not over power the colonies. These strengths were so good because they drastically improved the country.

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-The States held most of the power so they could deny requests of taxes from congress.That could be improved on by making the colonies pay their taxes so congress would make money.
-They could not tax anybody because people were just printing worthless paper money, which led to inflation, and then depression because nobody was making any money. This could be improved by limiting states printing money abilities.
-There was no President or national court system so the nation was not lead represented by anybody. In order to improve this they should have appointed somebody to represent the new nation.

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The Articles of Confederation failed because of the weaknesses it had. Congress could not even tax states because they could simply deny requests of taxing from congress. States had most of the power overall because the founding fathers wanted a weak central government so they could not overpower their colonies. They also allowed people to print as much money as they they wanted to which was a HORRIBLE mistake. People who were in financial debt could just give their creditors worthless paper money. This made the creditors upset. Also there was no National Court system or even a President. The nation was all on its own. Nobody could represent it to other countries. This is why a British magazine called it the "Dis-United States." This is why the Founding Fathers needed to rewrite the articles.

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In 1786, Daniel Shays led farmers to the town courthouse where they closed it down armed with guns. The motive behind this was because of the high taxes they had to pay. They closed the courthouse so the government could not take away their houses.

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"The Rebellion begins"

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What Were the Articles of Confederation? | History

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"The Rebels are defeated."