Postive Effects of Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation
The United States of America had just recently gained independence from the British Empire and was now looking for a new form of government to help support their want for a new and fairer life. The Articles of Confederation provided the thirteen colonies with a new basic government and had many policies that also included items such as foreign policy and economics. They decided to create a new set of laws that congress would follow that would limit their power so they would not repeat the same events they had already experienced with Britain, this new set of laws was called, The Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation have very valid and strong points in what they say and accomplish the task of offering a more fair lifestyle to the American people. The articles limited the government’s power and gave the people a chance to have a life free from tyranny like that one they experienced under the reign of the king of England. The Articles of Confederation made ways to treat citizens fairly and drastically reduce taxing. Britain had imposed massive taxes on the colonies that did not involve them in any way, due to the fact that the taxes had to do with events happening in England and had no effect on the colonies. But as a territory of the British Empire they had to pay the British monarchy anyway. The newly independent states wanted to change this unfair form of taxing as much as possible, thus they created a law so Congress could not tax citizens directly and is so stated in Article nine in the Articles of Confederation. They had only the power to request money from the states. Also, people at the time had already helped with the expenses of the Revolutionary War and were in debt. They could not pay back taxes or debts to the government if they just collected money from them and left them with nothing. So the articles were made to not allow Congress to collect any debts from the states and this was also stated in