Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation, the United States' first system of national government, gave the national government very limited power: it could not levy taxes directly, regulate trade between states, or enforce its own laws, and changing the Articles required every single state to agree. These weaknesses meant the national government often could not act effectively even when most states agreed something needed to be done, which is the central reason a stronger replacement, the U.S. Constitution, was written.

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