Articles of Confederation 4
After the Revolutionary War, the United States government was in a state of frenzied disillusion. In an attempt to solve the problem of a lack of a functioning government, the Articles of Confederation were formed. Often times called the "Articles of Confusion", the Articles of Confederation paved the way to our modern system of government. Out of the unreliable and unstable Articles, the Constitution was formed. Though the Articles instilled a seemingly well functioning governmental establishment, the Articles were far from a flawless governing mechanism. In the early days of the new British-free America there was a great fear of the new system of government being of the same mold of their former, a monarchy, or even a dictatorship. There was one group of revolutionaries that supported a monarchy being formed. This faction was a section of the Continental Army called the Society of the Cincinnati. They urged the rise of George Washington, a veteran colonial general, as the country's new king, but Washington refused. In an effort to subside the uproar of the common folk, and to prevent eventual isolation of sovereignty of national affairs unto one person, the Articles granted each state exclusive governing powers over it's ow
The most significant downfall to the Articles, however, was the inability of the congress to enforce taxes upon the public. Without taxation, which the Americans hated with a passion, the central governing body of the United States had almost no way to collect taxes, and next to zero power over the rest of the nation. In fact, the most that congress could do to collect any revenues whatsoever, was ask people kindly for "donations". The states also felt that if they allowed taxes imposed upon them, that the taxes would be distributed unequally .Without a source for a substantial amount of money of government, but it was obvious that there were loopholes in the Articles that needed to be fixed. That is why the Articles were almost completely done away with, and the Constitution was put into effect. for the government, congress could no longer afford to pay the Continental Army. The army felt that the government had the desire to do disjustice to them when they asked for more pay, and congress said that they could not afford to . This led to a breakdown in morale, and a weakening of defense forces for the United States. the entire population's sympathy in money. Even though this led to a weak governing body, it still pleased the general public, and seemed like the fair and correct means of collecting money from the public. A piece of the Articles that was very popular with most of the public was the inability of the government, or congress, to enforce taxes on the general public, or individual states. This may have been pleasing to the masses, which still held resentment against the British and King George III, the then British king, but
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Approximate Word count = 1115
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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