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Most power was held by the states

Explantation: This made a very weak central government and could not control the states if something happened.

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Only 1 branch of government.

Explantation: Having only one branch of government made it so that there was no national court system or president and also no checks and balances all things needed to create a smooth running government.

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No system of checks and balances

Explantation: Since there was no other branch than legislative there was no checks and balances and the 1 branch could do what they wanted.

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Every state had the right to deny request from the government (tax).

Explantation: This made it so that the states could deny request such as tax so there was no money for a army.

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There was no one currency different states had different money.

Explantation: This made it hard for merchants and people moving into different states if you had one type of money from a different state and you try to use it in an other state then they wont take it.

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The Articles gave the government the power to negotiate treaties with other counties.

Explantation: This was good because at the time they had no army and could not afford to fight a war so they signed treaties instead.

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Gave them power to borrow money.

Explantation: This was helpful when dealing wih war dept.

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They could mint coins

Explantation: since the states were distributing worthless paper money the coins decreased inflation.

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The Articles gave the government the power to settle conflicts between states.

Explantation: This was good because the states had most of the power and they could settle conflicts between two or more states.

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It was a Limited government.

Explantation: Limited government was very popular when making the AOC because they were in so much tyranny and limited government restricted the power of the government and gave the states more power.

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The A.O.C. failed because the central government had very little powers compared to the states and worthless paper money was going around the states which created inflation. The A.O.C. gave states the power to deny request such as taxes and that means the government has no money for an army. In all the A.O.C. gave the government very little powers.