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    The Articles of Confederation were a primitive version of the current Constitution of the United States. Back in the 1700’s all thirteen states approved the Articles of Confederation. The Articles served as the only way to keep the states unified. Though they were weak (most people were afraid of having a strong central government) they still helped in modeling the United States Constitution and helped in stabilizing the government. Although this is true‚ it would be ridiculous to try to prove that

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    Mrs. Kennedy Civics Period 4 January 12‚ 2014 Strengths and Weakness of the Articles of Confederation The Constitution of the United States of America was framed in part by The Articles of Confederation. The Articles could be considered to be a precursor to The Constitution‚ and in fact it was. Despite their differences‚ they also have a lot of similarities. The Continental Congress convened several times; the most well-known almost certainly being the Second Continental Congress meeting to

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    Jack Kalb 10-5-15 AP US History The Articles of Confederation were effective in many different ways. It affected us today because it established a new form of government‚ for us‚ the new nation. In the following paragraphs‚ the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving problems that confronted us as the new nation will be gone over and described. Without the Articles of Confederation‚ many think those problems would still be here today‚ and surely could have affected

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    Weaknesses: Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. With backlash from nine out of thirteen states‚ the Articles of Confederation were unable to seek approval by all and called for a ratification. Despite the multiple weaknesses‚ it organized a record of achievement. With some strengths‚ the Articles of Confederation led to the Constitution. There were many weaknesses as per the ratification of the Articles of Confederation

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    needed a national government to keep things in order. So then‚ the Articles of Confederation was created as the first attempt of a national government.In a confederation‚ the states‚ maintain their sovereignty‚ but they join together in a coordinated way to deal with certain issues. This independence of each political state is seen as the main advantage and main disadvantage of a confederation. Ever since the Articles of Confederation‚ many problems had occurred. For example‚ there were a lot of dept

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    government under the Articles of Confederation had very little power and most power was held by the individual states. Eventually‚ the weakness of the national government under the Articles led to their replacement with the current US Constitution. This goes to show the difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. There were many problems under the Articles and much was left out that it caused problems. The government under the Articles of Confederation had a Unicameral Legislature

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    first attempt at a constitution for the United States was called the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the newly formed founding states that helped recognize

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    The Articles of Confederation‚ the Path to the Constitution After the Declaration of Independence‚ the Founding Fathers had to create a framework of government that would serve as the new enforceable law in the land. The Articles of Confederation‚ or formerly known as the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union‚ was an agreement made between the thirteen sovereign states that established the newly formed United States of America. The Articles served‚ and are regarded

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    The Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced because it was created to keep the states independent from a national government. In the Articles of Confederation it stated "Its sovereignty‚ freedom‚ and independence‚ and every power‚ jurisdiction‚ and right . . . not . . . expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled." It was created to pretty much let the states stay as independent as possible and keep a National government weak. The only thing was to make sure that security

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    The Articles of Confederation were very ineffective because it didn’t give the Federal government enough power‚ they couldn’t enact tariffs and each state did what was in the best interest of its own state not what was best for the country as a whole. The Articles of Confederation was more of a league of friendship than an actual government. The mere fact that it took four years to ratify should have warned the country of its shortcomings. It was very difficult to amend the Articles because a unanimous

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