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The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts.

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the articles had weaknesses they had problem with there taxes

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The Articles of confederation had weaknesses throughout it's reading and one of them was they could not use the military. They had no trade with other states. The government could not collect taxes. They had bad things especially the military as an example of a huge weakness, it would weaken the United States if they never made the Constitution. They should have thought more about what the weaknesses could have done to this United country.

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They were to weak to enforce laws therefore they had no power. They had borrowed  money to fight the revolutionary   therefore they were to weak to repay their debts. it did not have the power to tax. lacked strong and steady leadership. the national state could not force the states to obey its laws . i believe that the the king choose to do this so this is what happen.

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The federal government under the Articles was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts.The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness.The states were independent,They sent representatives to the congress of Confederation.Congress was the only branch for the government, In congress they got one vote.

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The articles of confederation was too weak so they had to make the excutive branch and the judicial branch.together they can keep each other equal with each other.THe government at the time was weak because all the states were indenpendent ..

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Carisa Jackson/Charley Nicholle fay jackson 

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Carisa Jackson/Charley Nicholle fay jackson 

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The weaknesses were that the government was to weak to enforce the laws and therefore  the government had no power.The Continental congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts. So the founding fathers created the constitution which created principles which also got the nickname of the (BFD)=the big fancy document .

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I believe the articles of confederation was bad. They only had one branch. The other branches was not made. We were weak at first. Then over the years we became stronger. They did not pay taxes. People had to sell land to make money. Some people only had land. They had to go to war. They did not have big guns. They did not have laws about trading. The cities kept stuff for their self.

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The weaknesses about the Articles of Confederation were many. They couldn't gain any taxes, therefore they couldn't support government military. The states were all independant, and lied about to the King of England of being a United States. There trade system was flimsy, since the states were all independant. The Central Government was also weak, and had no to little power against the states that had their own, powerful governments.

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They couldn't enforce powers. They also borrowed money to fight the revolutionary war but could  not repay their debts .They did not have the power to tax. And each state could issue it own paper money.Their also was no system of

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The Articles of confederation was the weakness that the government had.The government could not tax, them and they could not use their military.They only had one branch.They could not enforce any laws.We were weak then we decide to write a decleration of independence, so we can be free an than we wanted to be united.Than they also had taken money to start wars.Some people had to sell things so they would be able to pay taxes.An than they started taking everything from them like land money everything.

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Was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power.The national government could not force the states to obey its law's. Did not have the power to tax.Congress lacked strong and steady leadership.There was no national army or navy.

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The Articles of Confederation had some weakness. The federal government , below the Articles was weak to enforce the laws and then they had no power at all. The Continental Congress had to borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not give back the dept .

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The Articles of Confederation has many weaknesses. It includes no power to tax so therefore they couldn't pay for the military. Congress couldn't enforce the laws so that meant that they didn't have power to do it. I believe that the Articles of Confederation was weak because they congress didn't have the power to tax people and didn't have the power to enforce laws. So I believe that the Constitution is better than the Articles of Confederation today.

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I believe that the Articles of confederation were bad. The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation  was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts. They feared that their freedom would be taken along with their rights. The federal government was enable to tax them because of their positions. Therefore they could could not support their military or their government. The people in england were mad at the government because their would not stop taxing them. And the government could not activate the their military.