In 1782 when the Confederation attempted to pass a tax on imported goods it was rejected, displaying the overall inability of the Confederation to tax the people and to regulate trade (Doc A).

Once again in Document C the Confederation's inability to tax the states is shown in which a member of the Confederation must explain to Washington their lack of cooperation from the states to pay off the debt to the army. As well as owing the army, the Confederation also owed the farmers who gave supplies during the war and foreign countries that lent support during the revolution. The Confederation government once again incurred a debt never to be repaid, which is evidence of their inability to tax states. Without the ability to tax, the Confederation's ability to regulate commerce and trad

Certain attempts of states brought about consequences that displayed the lack of unity in the nation. One example being Shay's rebellion in which men almost took arms against their own nation's army to protest an overbearing tax forced by a state (not regulated by the Confederation). This showed the Confederation's inability to control the nation so that rebellion causing taxes could not happen. The fact that Shay's rebellion happened also shows the Confederation's ineffectiveness, for if a national government is respected men of it's nation would not dare to take arms against it.

The overall ineffectiveness of the Confederation government brought the possibility for federalism to become the next type of government. Even though many of the reasons the Confederation failed were due to the fact the states feared tyranny from a central government, many were beginning to realize how much a more powerful central government could benefit the nation and allow it to reach it's true potential as a single united nation (Doc H).

Once more the national government displays its complete lack in ability to perform any deed whatsoever, even that of making foreign countries recognize it's power, beginning with their way of handling the British's disregard of the Treaty of Paris 1783. The British were unlawfully residing on now American land and the entire national government was so weak it could not do anything about it other than to complain, or rather plead their circumstances with the British (Doc D). John Jay, even thoug

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