Articles Of Confederation

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Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation

     It would have been very difficult to run an effective government under
the Articles of Confederation.  Many of the great minds politically active after
the American Revolution realized this; thus arrived the birth of one of the
greatest political documents of all time: The Constitution.  With the implement
of the Constitution, the United States government became effective.
     The product of some of the greatest minds to ever exist in this world,
the Articles did have some positive effects on society.  It successfully put an
end to the Revolutionary War, it negotiated a favorable end to the war in the
Treaty of Paris, and created a model for the admission of new territories
courtesy of the Northwest Ordinance.  Nonetheless, it was much too weak to give
the new nation the necessary foundation on which the growth of society could be
started from.
     For one thing, any amendment of the Articles required a unanimous vote
throughout the colonies.  Since this was almost impossible, there always being
two sides to everything [a pro and a con], changing the Articles to eliminate
the ideas that did not function properly was near impossible.  Another factor of
the Articles' ineffectiveness was that Congress was in essence tied in its
authority.  After the war, the colonists trusted no ultimate authority; not even
one they designed.  It could not regulate commerce, so what resulted was
thirteen colonies ...

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