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The Aricles of Confederation had more weaknesses than strengths, which is why it failed, but there's more to it than that. It mainly failed because states could deny Congress money and soldiers which meant that Amricans could not be taxed and the United States didn't have an army to fight with and the government could not protect its citizens against foreign threats. The articles also eventually led to Shay's rebellion because Britian forced Americans to pay high tariffs on imports and exports, this weakened the economy. Eventually markets were closed in the British West Indies and farmers could no longer export goods there. The articles could not correct this problem because it didn't have the authority to pass tariffs. In conclusion, the Articles did not satisfy everyone's rights the way they wanted.

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Period 2
11/18/16

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1. The fact that there was only one branch of government was a weakness because there was no division of power and no other branch to keep Congress in check to make sure it didn't become too powerful. They could fix this by having more than one branch so they could balance each other out and so no branch could become too powerful.
2. It was definitely a weakness that the government didn't have a president or national court system because that meant that there was no higher power that could make final decisions. They could fix this by establishing a higher power.
3. It was bad that that states had the power to deny money and soldiers to the government because that means that they couldn't pay off their war debts and America would have a weak army if the government couldn't enlist soldiers to be in it, the government would only have amateur soldiers. They could improve this by drafting soldiers to be in the army for a full year and by making the Americans pay a low tax on certain items.

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1. It was a good thing that the Articles of Confederation limited the powers of congress since it was the only branch of government. Limiting the powers of government was especially good because they had just earned their freedom from the British so they wanted to protect it.
2. Each state having an equal amount of votes was a strength because it meant all states had an equal voice in government instead of debating whether or not bigger states should have more votes because of their bigger population
3. When congress had to decide what to do with the Western lands so they decided to sell some of the property to pay off war debts. The land was divided into 36 lots, so they used 4 of the lots for public education. This was definitely a strength because it showed that the Americans at this time valued education by requiring it. This also means kids would know how to read the bible which was a goal for the government before the war.

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1.There was only one branch of government
2.The government didn't have a president or national court system
3.States had the power to deny the government money and soldiers

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1.The articles protected the liberties of the American citizens by limiting the power of congress
2.Every state had an equal amount of votes in congress
3.The articles of confederation provided public education