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Kaylyn Horvath
11-29-16
Period 2

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The Articles of Confederation failed completely due to the main flaws. The Articles of Confederation was written by the second Continential Congress, and failed due to the power of the states. The States had way more power than they knew what to do with. Congress had less power than the states which made laws and taxes hard to pass. The states would not obey laws of congress because they had state laws that they believed they had to follow. The central governments laws were nothing to the states because they had higher power.

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Declare war and make peace
Coin / borrow money
Sign treaties
Operate postal offices

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Congress was solely in charge of declaring war and making peace agreements between other countries.  This is a strength, because wars are now controlled by a specific branch. War and peace is now controlled by the United States government instead of the people.

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The central government was able to produce its own form of money, and was able to borrow money from other countries. This is a strength, because America no longer is issued British currency. One more step away from British ways.

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The central government was able to stand up for America and sign a treaty between itself and another country. As congress represented the United States it also protected it. War could be declared and now we could sign treaties between other countries. For our safety to be insured treaties were assigned by a country that was having issues with one or more other countries, the countries with issues could sign the treaty to say that they agreed to cease fire and come to a peaceful agreement or they could ask for peace between countries as a precaution.

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As the central government was made it was said that the postal service would be assigned to congress. This way there was no confusion on what service mail would be sent through, and Mail would not be misplaced as often.

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National government could not force the states to obey laws.
No authority to tax.
No power to enforce laws.

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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO FORCE STATES TO OBEY LAWS.

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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO FORCE STATES TO OBEY LAWS.

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The states were practically independent as of this time, so the congress was unable to enforce any law or rulings over the independent states. This was a weakness for the country, because at this time the United States were to become one country. The states being as separate as they were made it hard for the central government to control all of the states as independent. The laws were hard to enforce due to each state being able to have their own laws which cancelled out laws made by the government. The central government could have taken complete control over the states at an earlier time. The states and central government over lapped causing flaw in laws and power

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Congress was unable to enforce many laws and had no authority when it came to the states. Due to the problem of power congress was unable to force taxes on the states. The states had there own power which was over the power of congress at this time. Congress should have made the states a whole and engage a president at an earlier time so that the power of states and congress did not overlay and lower central government power

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Congress had little to no power over the states as of this time which made enforcing laws nearly impossible. The states power was higher than the power of the central government which made ennforcing laws nearly impossible. States each had higher power than the central government, so they could have raised central government power.

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Articles of Confederation (Kelis's "Milkshake" Parody) - @MrBettsClass