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The Weaknesses were overbearing for the AOC to be tolerated for to long. The main weakness was that it made the central government to weak in general. The central government could not tax the colonists to pay for government or militia. The central government had no way to protect its people because they could not pay for a military. If the central government could of taxed its people it would have been better so they could actually pay for defense and trading.

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What They Could Of Done To Make The AOC Stronger

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What They Could Of Done To Make The AOC Stronger

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This is how (in my opinion) the AOC could have been stronger. If they made it so they could tax the colonists and had a stronger central government then I believe that the AOC could have been saved.

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What was good about the AOC's strengths 

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What was good about the AOC's strengths 

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The AOC's strengths were actually pretty good and would of made for a strong government if it was for the more overbearing weaknesses. In my opinion I believe the best power the AOC gave the government was the power to negotiate treaties. They also had the power to mint money but it was not worth much for two reasons. One, the states also printed their own money. And two the central government printed to much which caused inflation. And yes they could control trade but states still put there own taxes on them and not many other countries wanted to trade with the US

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Overall the Articles Of Confederation failed because of not being able to tax the colonists and by not being able to protect the colonists. The two reasons seem to have nothing to do with each other but they actually go hand in hand. Here is how, the central government could not collect money to pay for an army. And along with that the states had lots of war debt that they also could not pay off because again they could not collect money from colonists. Along with that the government also needed 9 out of 13 states to pass laws which took a lot and the states had there own money systems. But the last straw was Shays's Rebellion. This was a rebellion to protest Massachusetts's tax on land. Hundreds of farmers led by Daniel Shays's caused a lot of property damage and the government did not have a military to stop them. this was the last thing to cause the end of the AOC.

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These are the main weaknesses of the AOC .
1. The AOC would not allow the central government to tax the colonists.
2. The central government was too weak under the AOC.
3. The central government had no way of protecting the colonists accept for some local militia.

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In the end the delegates decided it was better to put the Articles Of Confederation to rest and write another constitution that was stronger, solved there problems, and for people to still argue over to this day. But one things for sure we are better off without the articles of confederation

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These are the main strengths of the AOC
1. The central government had the power to mint money.
2.  The central government had the power to negotiate treaties.
3. The central government could also control trade within the nation and the world.

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The AOC was written on November 15, 1777 but it was not ratified until March 1, 1781.

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Although delegates from each colony gave their input on how the AOC should be written it was mainly wrote by John Dickinson.