Why Are The Articles Of Confederation Effective

When the United States won the revolutionary war, it became clear that they would need a new government. They met at the 2nd Continental Congress to create this government and called it the Articles of Confederation, which was ratified on March 1, 1781. There is a reason how the Articles were effective, why they failed, and why they were beneficial. The Articles of Confederation failed to solve many of the nations’ problems, but it did have many good ideas. For example, the Northwest Ordinance was added. This introduced Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, and freedom of religion. Also new were the statehood requirements which were; minimum 60,000 people for a state, no slavery for new states, and all citizens are equal. Many of these good points were passed on to the constitution. The Articles also developed the departments
If you call something a government, it implies that it has the ability to function in governing adequately. The Articles of Confederation failed at effectively governing the United States.
The United States had just broken away from a strong central government and was very much afraid of a powerful tyrannical ruler. This lead to the creation of an extremely weak central government with strong state governments (this is a confederacy); it was one of the most limited governments in world history. It had no president, no judicial branch, and its congress was made up of one representative from each state. The congress' sole power was to determine peace and war. Congress did not have the ability to raise money

Yet, despite these positive deeds there were many setbacks. One primary setback was the feeble government designed to prevent any future abuse of power. However, with all things considered the Constitution that now shapes modern America would have never been formed without first evolving from the flawed Articles of