Articles Of Confederation Dbq Analysis
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Rachel
1985 DBQ
The 1780's The Articles of Confederation were well written, especially considering the fact that the U.S.A. was a brand-new country and had no knowledge whatsoever on how to run a country. Though they were good, the articles didn't provide America with a very effective government. Since the people were afraid of a centralized government that would become too powerful, they decided to move most issues to a state level, rather than a national one. This is problematic because of it's economic effects, and because of the effects on politics and the limitations of the federal governments. From 1770 to 1775, as the population grew, so did the Estimated Market value of US exports to Great Britain. Then, after 1776, the inevitable …show more content…
The problem with this was the amount of certainty on certain issues, which was virtually nonexistent. Since the federal government couldn't do much of anything, it was up to the states to decide, and what was good for one state wasn't necessarily good for all states, so nothing could build up and actually happen with that system. For example, document A describes the decision making on imposting trade, which wouldn't be fair because some states have trading as their only source of income. In this aspect, the Articles of Confederation did quite the opposite of making the government more effective; all they did was take away authority. The Articles not only took away authority, but made it nearly impossible to get anything completed, especially because all 13 states had to unanimously agree on the proposed bill, etc. Also, of the authorities that the federal government did have, there was no way for them to enforce
Rachel
1985 DBQ
The 1780's The Articles of Confederation were well written, especially considering the fact that the U.S.A. was a brand-new country and had no knowledge whatsoever on how to run a country. Though they were good, the articles didn't provide America with a very effective government. Since the people were afraid of a centralized government that would become too powerful, they decided to move most issues to a state level, rather than a national one. This is problematic because of it's economic effects, and because of the effects on politics and the limitations of the federal governments. From 1770 to 1775, as the population grew, so did the Estimated Market value of US exports to Great Britain. Then, after 1776, the inevitable …show more content…
The problem with this was the amount of certainty on certain issues, which was virtually nonexistent. Since the federal government couldn't do much of anything, it was up to the states to decide, and what was good for one state wasn't necessarily good for all states, so nothing could build up and actually happen with that system. For example, document A describes the decision making on imposting trade, which wouldn't be fair because some states have trading as their only source of income. In this aspect, the Articles of Confederation did quite the opposite of making the government more effective; all they did was take away authority. The Articles not only took away authority, but made it nearly impossible to get anything completed, especially because all 13 states had to unanimously agree on the proposed bill, etc. Also, of the authorities that the federal government did have, there was no way for them to enforce