One issue that occurred while The articles of Confederation were in tact was it gave too much power to the state instead of balancing the power between the federal and the state gov't. The forefathers were scared that too much power in one central gov.t would result in monarchy. Another weakness this article had was the voting method. The article would only discuss something if it was a problem that all 13 states had. If the issue had been discussed, it would need 9 of the 13 votes from the states. The reason why this would never work is because not all the states would attend these meetings, making it really hard to get anything done.
Without a powerful federal gov't or an executive branch the articles were bound to fail. Without the executive branch there's nobody to enforce these acts. The federal gov't didn't didn't have the power to collect citizen's taxes. They also couldn't regulate trade. More abilities that the federal government could do that the states can't is enter treaties with foreign nations and declare war or peace.
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