Our First Constitution:
The Articles of Confederation
Placard 1.3 A
A: No Chief Executive
Why Included? Problem?
Did not want another powerful executive like KING GEORGE
•Lack of leadership in CENTRAL GOVERNMENT•No single leader
•DISUNITY
Placard 1.3B
B: Laws Needed 9/13 to be Approved
Why Included? Problem?•To protect individual states’ rights power.
•Fear of strong central government
•Difficult to get 9 states to agree on new laws
•Central/national/federal govt. had little power
Placard 1.3 C
C: Congress had no power to tax citizens. It could only
request money from states
Why Included? Problem?• Fear of being Unfairly taxed, like before revolution
•States could choose to pay
•Govt. had no money to operate
Placard 1.3D
D: Congress had no power to draft an army.
Why Included? Problem?•Fear of central Government with strong army that may take away citizens’ rights.
•Left the country vulnerable without a dependable military force
Placard 1.3E
E: No National Court System
Why Included? Problem?•Fear that the central govt. with a court system that may be unfair to STATES RIGHTS
•States could be biased
•Unfair trials in one states court
Placard 1.3F
F: Amendments/ Changes had to be approved by all 13 states
Why Included? Problem?
Wanted states to have equal power in shaping govt.
• Impossible to make changes
•Any one state could stop an amendment that other states wanted
Placard 1.3G
G. Congress could not collect state debts owed to federal government
Why Included? Problem?•Fear that central govt. could force states to pay for things they didn’t want
•Federal government had no money to operate
Placard 1.3H
H: Congress had no power to settle disputes
Why Included? Problem?
Wanted states to have ultimate authority to settle disputes
•Disputes were often unresolved
•DISUNITY
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