Articles of Confederation example #13722

The Articles of Confederation were created by the Second Continental Congress.

The purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to plan the structure of the new government and to create a confederation-some kind of government.

Each state having one vote each was a problem because the small population states could override larger ones, which was unfair.

The main power of the Congress was to make laws.

Because the Congress couldn't collect taxes, the government was always short of money. The states were allowed to pay whatever amount of taxes that they wanted to.

Because the Congress had no power to enforece laws, the states only enforced laws that they wanted to have.

Because there was no executive branch, there was no one to enforce the laws.

The key problem of the Articles of Confederation was a weak central government.

The central government kept power in the hands of the state government.