A few days ago
Anonymous

why did the articles of confederation fail?

why did the articles of confederation fail?

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A few days ago
Shirley Q

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It gave too much power to the states and too little power to the central government, which couldn’t raise taxes or impose tariffs. The Articles of Confederation also made rebellions easier as the central government didn’t have an army to quell any uprisings like Shays’s Rebellion.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
They failed because there was no effective Federal government.

Taxation and keeping an army were at the whims of what each state wanted to do.

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A few days ago
Au revoir simone
because the govt wasnt getting taxes so they had no money to pay for the war and they didnt set up a judiciary system also there was no national law only state laws so if somone comitted a crime in a state that wasnt theres you dont know wich to try him in
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A few days ago
coolcowgal2
it failed because it had no structure. No federal government. the state border lines ran into one another, the laws were way crazy from one state to another.
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