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The Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government. The Articles of Confederation failed to establish a national army to protect the nation and it's people and failed to give congress the power to levy tax in the new nation. The Articles of Confederation was too weak for the federal/central government to do anything significant. However, the Articles of Confederation did provide America a temporary government which later led to the Constitution.

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No, I don’t believe that AOC was an effective form of government because there were more negative aspects than positives.  Some of the negative aspects of the AOC were, In order to pass a law, you needed 9 out of 13 votes which would prove to be difficult in passing laws,  and Congress didn’t have power to levy taxes. One of the major positives was, it led to the formation of a stronger central government. -Shayla C.

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The AOC was not an effective form of government. The negatives of the government were the money they printed was worthless, Congress had less power than the states at certain points, and they could not tax the states. This led to colonies not being able to purchase goods across state lines. The government not being able to tax the colonists led to the country not being able to make certain needs. The farmers were not able to be paid, and a military was not formed because of a lack of funds. The AOC had positives too. It helped the colonists win the American Revolution. The Articles also paved the way to a better governmental system in America, but overall, it was not a healthy government. - Reign Davis

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The Articles of confederation was not very effective because unable to tax, no systems to resolve problems, and there was only one branch of government. Even though all the states were independent. This type of government wont last very long.-Benedict A.

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Aldin Mehmedovic - The AOC wasnt effective. Despite the fact that the US had the option to win the war because they had the option to arrange and think of a ceasefire the war brought upon a ton of harm which methods for obligation that must be paid of because of the harms which caused an uproar. The ranchers and the state because of the all the expenses and the absence of cash the ranchers figured out how to stop the burdening and close the account holders court.

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dangelo e-the articles of confederation was not an effective form of government . even though all the states were independent , they had a option on whether or not to listen to legislative or not . this type of government  had too many flaws to stay effctive enough long term

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Edward Rivas- All things considered, the AOC was not an effective form of government. Due to a disorganized government, weak/ no military, no taxation system, and an overall divided nation. Although the AOC had its negatives, it was a step huge step in history and ultimately helped to shape the nation we have today.

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In my opinion, the Articles of confederation was not an effective form of government. This does not mean it was all bad. The AOC included some positives such as, land for public education and the victory of the American Revolution. The reason it was not effective was because of its many weaknesses such as, worthless paper money, war debts, and congress inability to tax the states. The long term impact the AOC had on the United States was the lesson they learned from having one branch of government. In todays government there are three branches with checks and balances. -  Andrew Makinde 3rd

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In totality, the Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government. The disorganized and weak central government, nonexistent taxation system, having no military and different monetary systems for each state did not entirely 'unite' the United States. Despite all of the negatives, the Articles of Confederation was a step forward in US history and in the moment as colonies finally had representation and a newly-formed Congress. The long term impact on the United States that the Articles of Confederation had was once again a step forward in history and a form of progress from a completely new nation.- Xavier Tejada

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Harold Romero-the aoc wasnt that effctive. although the usa was able to win the war becuase they were able to negotiate and come up with a peace treaty the war brought upon a lot of damage which means of debt that had to be paid of becuase of the damages which caused an up raor. The farmers and the state becuase of the all the taxes and the lack of money the farmers managed to stop the taxing and close the debtors court. which is why in my the aoc wasnt effitvce

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The AOC was not a effective government government. congress could not tax so people that owed the government could not pay for the people that fought in the war. but they did offer land. donavon feraghat

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Musadiq Sayed - The Articles of Confederation was most definitely not an effective government, but the thing is, it was never meant to be. The whole idea of the AoC was to give powers to the states so that the monarchy that they had just pushed off, would not come back. Thus meaning it was only a loose confederation of states, this was definitely a positive to those who didn't want a strong central government. Though because of its weakness it made the states who sought after so much independence, to be virtually powerless. Britain had abused them at the seas by taking in Americans abroad, forts were still being occupied, and rebellions were flaring up that could not be put down. It was in crisis and today its effect is still present as many of its ideas have entered the constitution, primarily the idea of states rights.

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I belive that the AOC had some positives that help the US get on track until that frigured what type of governmentthey wanted. The AOC kept balance within the the United states. It allowed the states to handle issues with there territory

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I think that the AOC  was effective because the US had just gained freedom from Britain and now they are trying to come up with a sustainable government.Some positives of the AOC is that it kept balance within the states and the states could handle issues with territory or with other countries. Some negatives was that the AOC could not pass taxes and it gave the country too much independence.   Cierra Edmonds

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I feel that the articles of confederation was not an effective form of government because there was one legislative body which is the congress. The congress did not receive a lot of power because it was limited and they had to go by the states votes on laws. The effect of this was the war debts because the money the government created was basically worthless the congress could only request money from the other states.

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I believe that the AOC was not all that bad but it did give the new 13 states a good head start to get an idea of what they actually need. I believe that it was good that they had that because for an example when you get something new you will obviously try to do man y thing with it because you want to figure out how it works. So yes it is a good start its good because the people are learning what works for them and what doesn't. (Luis Frutis - Benitez)

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Yes in my opinion the articles of confederation One simple positive is that they won the war. One negative is that they had finnancial issuses because the war cost money and the american revolution did not come without war debts. Brandon Jackson

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In my opinion I believe the article of confederation was a good start but it didn't quite meet its full potential at first. AT first they had wanted a gov't that seemed different from a monarchy like Britain. And they also wanted all the states to have there own power. But they didn't realize that this could cause problems. (Jacob Preston)

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Carlos Delrio-Wilson (6th period)- In my opinion the AOC was not an effective form of government because the federal government was to weak to enforce laws. For example to amend laws they needed all 13 states to decide if if was ok or not. The government couldnt even enforce taxes in need of money. Also due to the lack of money they couldnt get an army together.

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Kimberley Amador 4th Period : The Articles of Confederation was not an effect form of government. There are many pros and cons when it came to this Article. Congress had many limitations when it came to how much power they had. Their power was limited to the point they needed the 13 colonies approval for any kind of change they wanted to make. They also could not tax the states and only ask for money from other colonies. The pros were that it set up a central government which was the Congress. They also were able to win the American Revolution and get a peace treaty from Britain. The long term impact was that there was a new government and the 13 colonies were united.

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Padlet: Emran Ahmed-The Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government. Even though The Articles of Confederation were not effective it still had some positive effects on the thirteen colonies. The Articles of Confederation was not effective because there was not a taxation system, it was not organized as much as it should have, every colony had their own currency (different currency in the colonies), contained a weal Central government, didn't have its own military to defend against rebellious forces, and never made the citizens pay the war debts. These are the reasons why The Articles of Confederation were ineffective (negative). The Articles of Confederation was somewhat effective because it was able to unite the thirteen colonies, allowed the thirteen colonies to have representatives, and it created a congress that was able to sign treaties, petitions, and declare war. These are the reasons why The Articles of Confederation were effective (positive). The Articles of Confederation's long-term impact on the United States was that it opened up space for a new form of government (constitution) to be made and to effectively have a positive influence on the future of the United States of America.

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Kortie Rease (3rd Period) - Overall, the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government. While there were positives to the government, there were even more negatives. For example, a positive of the Articles of Confederation was it united the thirteen states, and states had a say in the government; however, there were far more negatives. For example, to amend a law, all thirteen states had to unanimously decide that it was ok. Also, since money was being printed by every state, the paper money was worthless, and the government could not tax the states. All in all, the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government.

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Amelia Wilkes 4th Period
When the Articles of Confederation were created, the intention was good, and initially there were accomplishments.
Further down the road, problems became evident and the government clashed with their
needs. This new form of government brought Americans to independence from Britain after the Revolutionary War. The Land Ordinance impacted the public education system in a positive manner. Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the territory. Although these accomplishments reaped a benefit, the Government was not strong enough and had many faults that led to what we know as our constitution today. Because of the debt from the war, the government printed out money which became worthless; Congress had no power to tax. European nations threatened to expand west in America. When the state finally taxed them, the taxes were thought to be too high and citizens rebelled (Shay's Rebellion). The long term impact of the Articles of Confederation was the improvement of government, and independence from Britain.

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David Mendoza 5th - In my opinion it was a somewhat effective way in the beginning since they were able to unite the 13 colonies and free themselves from Great Britain, but with growth and time the AOC became to generalized and not very specific. Also the lack of central government and branches was very ineffective.

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Keilani Harris - I believe the Articles of Confederation was a effective government to start with. The articles of Confederation was like a rough draft. It had a lot of positives the land ordnance, the northwest ordinance, and it helped American claim the war victory. The drafty parts are how they handled the money, America was new so they didn't get much respect from the European nations, and the central government didn't own its own military to defend itself from rebellions .The Articles of Confederation are important long term because it gave us foundation to something better.

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Katelyn R. P3: In my opinion, AOC was not effective. Although AOC did serve a few positive affirmations for early America by maintaining sovereignity and independence, the negatives outweighs the positives. For example, AOC's inability to provide money, useless currency, weak military, and the fact it took all 13 states to amend a law. In the long run, AOC sets a blue print for split power within America's current government.

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Mary Londono, 3rd: The AOC was not an effective form of government because it was not well organized, no taxation system, or any uniform currency used. Its long term impact is that it became America's first failed form of government.

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Dorielis Baez, 3rd: In my opinion the Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government. Since the 13 colonies had just recently gained their independence, they are new at being a free country. They are letting what happened with the British cloud their judgement and not be able to pay taxes from the war. The people needed to pay takes to pay off the war debts but they never did. - Dorielis Baez

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In my opinion the articles of confederation was not an effective form of government. Even though it allowed America to be free from Britain there was also some failures like not being able to tax. There failures were just way greater than the accomplishments. ~Jaida Griffiths

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The Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government because it caused more problems. Some problems with it were that the Congress couldn't establish taxes, so that meant war debts were not getting paid off. The United States were still getting threatened by European states, saying that they were going to take over some of US land. It even led to a rebellion with the farmers because they were angry about the high state taxes and imprisonment for debts that the farmers couldn't even pay off. Although, the Articles of Confederation did have a few positives. It established the first Congress where all 13 colonies had a representative and everyone had a say in what laws were being made and amended. It also helped to establish Public Education. It's long-term impact was really the establishment of the legislative branch, Congress. This is even still used today.~Olivia Cornell 4th

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In my opinion, the Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government. Although it gave each state an opportunity to have equal power so that no one was in absolute control and ensured that America would be independent of Britain,  there were financial problems because the central government didn’t have enough power to make any of the citizens pay taxes. ~Chierstyn Gaffney

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Kaylan Scott - In my opinion, the Articles of Confederation did not serve as an effective form of government. There were more negative results than positive which include America being in debt after the war. The central government did not have the ability to tax so most war debts were left unpaid. Also all 13 states had to agree if congress wanted to amend a law. They were trying to be fair but it gave the states to much power instead of having a healthy balance of central and state government. Some good results were that America was now free from Britain, The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was established. - Kaylan Scott

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Tyrese B. The articles of Confederation  was an effective government because when it came to decision making it allowed all states to have their say

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Taiwo Duromola - The Articles of Confederation was not an effective from of Government because of the many negatives but they are good put but the negatives out weighs the good like unable to tax, the farmers stared a uprising, little respect for the young nation, and more. This is not a effective because it as to many imperfection.

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Kojo Nsiah- The Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government because it said that all the 13 colonies had to agree on a law before it was passed on. So what if the law is for the benefit of all? Moreso, the articles of confederation brought about so much debts including ones from wars. People chose to pay taxes it was not mandatory. Basically the states had more power than the overall government so they chose to do whatever they felt like doing.

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according to the articles and videos the  Article of confederation was an effective form of government.. I don't think its a fair deal that all 13 need to vote to amend something, but the aoc accomplished a lot. it gained independence,(negotiate peace treaties), Established the land ordinance of 1785(public education), instituted the Northwest Ordinance of 1778(banned slavery in the north). Although it accomplished many things america did not want a strorng central government.The aoc was a fail because the government were not able to collect taxes.

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Jasmin M.- I don't feel the Articles of Confederation was an effective form of government because congress did not have much power. This lead to them not being able to place taxes. The states were very independent and had their own military that they didn't need the central government.

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Taighlor Hale- i feel like the AOC wasnt an effective form of gov't, although it brought all 13 states together, it caused debt and b/c congress was weak money was hard to come by. It caused the new age gov't to do things different from AOC

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The Articles of Confederation were not an effective way of government since it had too many weaknesses. Alongside those weaknesses, it did have some strengths but it wasn't enough to balance out the weaknesses. The government was too weak so they couldn't really enforce anything without 100% agreement. It also lacked control over the citizens. One strength of it however was the usage of a government that doesn't have all of the power because it allowed them to test how their government would run and with this test it later allowed for a revised version correcting it allowing for a government with the just right amount of power to be created - AJ Hodges

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Amyr Boutte- In my opinion the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government for long term. Although it unified the 13 states together, allowed for peace treaties and guided the US through the Revolutionary war, it also could not tax, which led to economic problems, there was no military to protect the states, states had the power and, they could not enforce laws to keep the states regulated. The British noticed these negatives and were willing to try and take advantage of them. Amyr Boutte.

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Amy Nguyen- The article of confederation were an ineffective form of government because it created a congress, could declared war, could declared a peace of treaty, coin money was used. The negative are states had the power, did not have the power to tax, no leader, no courts, no army and could not enforce laws.

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Joshua Proctor - I think the AOC was effective form of government.  The most important positive aspect of the Articles of Confederation is that they kept the new United States together through the Revolutionary War and the early years of the country. This is no small achievement, even if the Articles were severely flawed. The Articles left the vast majority of power with the states. One negative aspect of the AOC was  there wasn’t really an executive branch under that constitution in an effort to avoid having a king. The national government had no ability to impose laws on states. Leadership from Congress had little influence. As time went by, it was clear that this first constitution wouldn’t be able to fully unify the colonies as everyone wanted. The government under the Articles of Confederation could not collect taxes to raise money. The government could not pay its debts from the Revolutionary War, and America lost standing with other nations.

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THe articles of confedoration werel not a very effective form of govornment they should have given more power to the federal govenment because they could not do anything with the current system such as tax the people all ofd their income was purely made from donations from the individual states. It gave the united states a certian weakness that lasted a while until this problem was fixed - Harrison McGowan

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In some ways, the Articles of Confederation(AoC) was an effective form of government, but only in the way that it fulfilled its purpose in the short period during and after the U.S.A. was fighting for its independence. By having the ability to claim victory over the American Revolution against the British, negotiate peace, and establishing laws that would planfor the land furthur west of the colonies, provide policies that for public education, and establish what would be allowed in other states(i.e. limited self government or no slavery), the AoC was able to fulfill its duties as a temporary form of government for the New Americans. On the other hand, because this form of government was meant to be temporary, the sections that included how the taxes throughout the states would be handled, which form of payment would be accepted, and the lack of a national military to handle rebellions, this form of government was soon abandoned and rebuilt upon. - Uriel Newman

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The Articles of Confederation was a weak form of government. Aside from being able to form a peace treaty, in the long term it was just ineffective. The process of establishing laws was flawed and only served as a temporary fix. -Antonio B.

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In some ways, the Articles of Confederation(AoC) was an effective form of government, but only in the way that it fulfilled its purpose in the short period during and after the U.S.A. was fighting for its independence. By having the ability to claim victory over the American Revolution against the British, negotiate peace, and establishing laws that would plan for the land further west of the colonies, provide policies that for public education, and establish what would be allowed in other states(i.e. limited self-government or no slavery), the AoC was able to fulfill its duties as a temporary form of government for the New Americans. On the other hand, because this form of government was meant to be temporary, the sections that included how the taxes throughout the states would be handled, which form of payment would be accepted, and the lack of a national military to handle rebellions, this form of government was soon abandoned and rebuilt upon. - Uriel Newman

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Charles Sarpong The article of confederation wasn't effective because it made the country worse than it already is. Their central government was weak. The Congress  couldn't do nothing without having to get the states governments to agree with them. Money was priceless since every state printed off their own money. It just made america an easy country to attack since they will have no military strength

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In my opinion I say the AOC was not effective only because it didn't help with problems the nation was facing. which put most of it's power on the states and had a weak central government. - Lisset D

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Zaria Allen- In my opinion the AOC weren't as effective as it could have been. The AOC did help with winning the war and with public education but they eventually ended up being in debt . An disagreement with farmers and the state caused a lot of drama because of taxes and and money. Since, the AOC came about they didn't have to worry about Europe anymore and could be free even through the hardships.

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Corey Mcqueen- The Articles of confederation was effective but not by much. The AOC did win the war and negotiate an treaty, and help out with public education but at the end they were broke after all that they can't continue the states where not taking there money because they said it worthless money now there and argument between the farmers and states about taxes and money then in the text it says"  European nations had little respect for the young nation. And threatened to take advantage of the U.S. weaknesses by expanding their interest in the western lands." Now the Europeans are taking the own stand and expanding there interest so they don't have to worry about the U.S

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Jameisa Cearc-   in my opinion the AOC wasn't that effective. Although the USA was able to win the war because they were able to negotiate and come up with a peace treaty the war brought upon a lot of damage which means of debt that had to be paid of because of the damages which caused an up roar between the farmers and the state because of all the taxes and lack of money the farmers managed to stop the taxing and close the debtors court, which is why In my opinion the  articles of confederation wasn't effective in my opinion

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the articles of confederation was not effective because there was a weak central government that didnt have any power and it was limited. the states were too independent and this proved to be a problem because the states indepence lead to rebellation. name david williamson period 5

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Ashley Austin- In my opinion the Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government because there was a weak central government and didnt have much power. The staes were very independent and didnt need to rely on the government for anything.

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In my opinion the articles of Confederation was  ineffective form of government. Although it laid the foundation for our nations progress, it failed in the sense where it made the central government weak, and it's powere limited. Also the states were too independent and this proved to be a problem because the states independence lead to rebellions.

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John Minott The AOC weren't effectice because they had a weak central government. Leaving to much power to the states.

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The AOC was an effective way of government because it created a congress who could declare war and petition and sign treaties. The articles gave the state the right to tax. Some positives of the articles was that they gave freedom to the U.S citizens, they encouraged a weak central government, and it let the colonies have representatives. Some negatives were that congress could not tax, the war put government in debt, and europeans had little respect for the Americas. These articles gave the U.S the freedom. -chiara wallace

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Jonah Badlu - The Articles of Confederation had it accomplishment but was ineffective. For a law to be passed it needed 9 out of 13 states but for it to be amended it needed all 13  states. Even though there was a congress it had no power, they also problems with European nations.  They had  financial issue and  people who fought in the war and farmers who provided for them didn't get paid like they said they were. When the Articles of Confederation was made it wasn't  a good time people were furious and disagreed with Great Britain government so they didn't want their own government having complete control over everyone. So the Americans had that all in mind when making this which didn't help out. But it did help in bringing the states together and giving  people freedom.

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Felipe P- The articles of confederation was useful to have an organization in government. This gave the people rights and influenced them to be part of their country's movements. However, the government could not tax which made it difficult to pay off war debt.

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Joey McLaughlin - The Articles of of Confederation attempted to accomplish what our modern-day Constitution has. Although there were many flaws, there were some notable accomplishments. The "AOC" were ineffective as many war debts had not yet been paid, and the AOC provided no type of national currency, so each state would regulate their own money. For this reason, Congress could not tax the colonies, nor pay back debts to the warriors of the Revolution. The states wanted the central government to be weak, so they didn't devolve into a monarchy like Britain had. The only branch of gov't at the time was Congress, giving all the power to the state governments. The last point I have to make is the difficulty of amending a law. Amending laws required all 13 colonies to agree on passing the law, causing problems.

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Hanna Henderson- The Articles of Confederation were an ineffective form of government, however it did accomplish some things. The Articles were ineffective because though it united the 13 colonies under one legislative body, the government had no actual power over them. Congress was established in the Articles of Confederation but they had no real power, laws could not be passed without 9 out of the 13 states agreeing to it and even then a law could not be amended without all 13 states agreeing to it. The Articles also had no way of taxing the states either, not only could a tax not be passed because not enough states would agree to it, but each state had its own form of currency. The Articles of Confederation paved the way for a new constitution to be made effectively and for congress to have more power than local governments.

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Myka Wesbrook-  The articles of confederation were a unique way to gather all 13 states. The AOC gave the people in the U.S. freedom and encouraged the people to become politically involved with their country. The AOC also didn't give the people a strong military, poor taxes and also encouraged a weak central gov't. This all meant that we were to strong of a national gov't  and not a congress.

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Adam Gerdes-The article of confederation was an effective way of getting all 13 states to participate in congress and have the power spread throughout the nation.This help them have a form of unity when fighting off British troops.The weaknesses of the article is the ability to pass law the long process and the power the government had was little to none.This was shown with the government ability to collect taxes from war debt.The article help to set a foundation for the constitution and keep the ideal of a fair self-government that gave power to the people instead of the government itself.

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Nina DeLafosse- In my opinion the Articles of Confederation was not an effective form of government. Even though America won the war and established the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 many things were not effective. To amend laws all the states had to agree which would cause conflict between the states and also  the states had many financial  issues. They also had foreign and domestic issues with European nations and the other states. The Articles of Confederation was also not effective because eventually America had to get rid of the AOC and create a new better, form of government.

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Angel Moran- The AOC was not an effective form of government, this is because congress could not tax so people who were owed money for fighting in the war did not see it. while it did provide land for many people it was not favored by veterans, the long-term impact was the ratification of the US constitution

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Khaleah Tyler- It was effective in the way that it allowed all 13 states a chance to voice their opinion and receive and equal vote, but it put them in great debt with no real way to pay it back without asking each state politely for money.

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Soraya Yao- The Articles of Confederation was a effective form of government because it gave them a start on how they want their government, and how to they could improve in the future when making a proper constitution. Since it united the 13 colonies it also gave them a sense of nationalism within their new country. Even though the AOC consisted of a congress, it taught them how they could fix that for future reference.

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Caleb Gresham- The Artical of Confederation was effective form of government because it helped protect the rights of the invidual states and it also unitied the 13 states.They also helped end the revolutionary war and they granted movement between the states.

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Justyne Nguyen- The Artical of Confederation was an effective law because it had involved all 13 states when it came to making decissions so if they had problems they would all pass laws as a whole

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Myla Ouattara- The Articles of confederation was not an effective form of government for many negatives such as being unable to tax, no systems to resolve problems, and there was only one branch of government. Even though all the states were independent, they had an option on whether to listen to legislative or not. This type of government had too many flaws to stay effective enough long-term.

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Ayden M. - The Articles of Confederation won the Revolutionary War and prohibited slavery in the north, but had issues with military funding and finances. It was effective but would need to be replaced soon.

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Luis M. the article of confederation was effective in a law way getting congress involved in all 13 states when there is a problem or law that is wanted to passed then all 13 states would have to agree

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Yes because the people in the congress kept all the states in checked and when there was a problem the congress would see if the other states would agree on it