Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation was a compact made by the original thirteen states of the United States of America. The Articles of Confederation were adopted in 1781, and set standards that each state should follow in order to maintain democracy and their “league of friendship”. In effort to keep their newly won independence, they failed to create a strong enough central government. Although Congress gained some important powers, and The Articles began to loosely unify the United States of America, the Articles of Confederation did not provide an effective enough form of government. The federal government had no power to tax-—that power was left to the individual states the...