The Articles of Confederation were the United States’ first attempt at forming a government. They were thirteen sovereign states that only banded together under a weak legislative Congress as their central government. This Congress was given very limited powers. They were given the power of diplomacy, printing money, resolving inter-state conflicts, and international affairs.
These are great responsibilities when their limitations are also taken into consideration. This Congress could only request taxes from the states, they had no right to regulate commerce between states making establishing a currency or dealing with international commerce as a country virtually impossible. They had no right to draft an army, instead depending on war-weary
These are great responsibilities when their limitations are also taken into consideration. This Congress could only request taxes from the states, they had no right to regulate commerce between states making establishing a currency or dealing with international commerce as a country virtually impossible. They had no right to draft an army, instead depending on war-weary