Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation were weak and did not allow The United States to flow as smoothly as many planned. The 13 colonies adopted the Articles of Confederation in order to prevent the Government to take as much power as England had done with its people. However these laws were not all that good, taxation were done by state which meant that there was no accurate taxation fee. There was a limit to the power that the government had over the people and many believed it was too much or too little. Major roles that the government could touch on with the articles in hand were: 1) maintain military forces 2) declare war 3) coin currency 4) handle Indian affairs 5) create a postal service. Having different states follow different laws became very difficult, issues like slavery and and land claiming became big and the lack of communication increased issues among the states. After living under the Articles the Government and the states themselves believe that the Articles of Confederation needed revision and more understanding on what was the role of the states and the government themselves.