Monday, December 2, 2013

2Dec13

Name one weakness of the Articles of Confederation. You can use your book or the papers we have been working on to help you answer the questions.

90 comments:

Orion. D said...

One weakness of the Articles of confederation was it didn't make any courts

Jaimee H said...

The Articles of Confederation had no executive branch. The executive branch enforces the laws.

Jalen P said...

One weakness of the articles of confederation was that the articles did not give congress the power to enforce it's laws.

Cierra D said...

One weakness of the a.o.f is only having each state had one vote in congress.

WinbushC said...

The government could not pay it's debts from the Revolutionary War, and America lost standing with other nations.

Zachary H. said...

The Articles of Confederation did not create any courts so When a problem arose between the states, there was nowhere to settle the dispute.

Kameryn P. said...

a weakness of the articles of confederation is that no state could have an army or navy

Allie .S said...

The state legislatures struggled to make taxes more fair. Going from dependent to self governing states brought more challenges

Mikey D said...

no executive (president)

adrien t said...

they didn't have any soldierand dint have money to pay them

Kyrin D.G said...

One of the weakness is that it made it hard to change or make laws because most or all had to agree to it.

Megan B said...

It couldnt collect tax

Dylan M said...

one weakness of the articles of confederation is gave to much power to the state and not enough power to the central government.They also don`t have the power to tax.

MadisonS said...

States am y not send an embassy or make an alliance or treaty with another country.

Carly T. said...

it gave to much power to the states and not to the central govenment

Jamaica b said...

The goverment couldn't save there depts bc of the revoulation war.

jay r. wells said...

a weakness that i believe is that they could not pay their debts revolutionary war

Abby S said...

Going from dependent colonies to self-governing states brought new challenges

Amber l said...

They didn't pay taxes.

Gianna P said...

They didn't have a president.

Erin R. said...

All the states had to agree in order for the government to pass a law

Camero C. said...

They Didn't Create Any Courts

MercedesF said...

the 13 states that had been british colonies before the war.

Kyleigh F. said...

The government could not pay its debts from the revolutionary war.

Stanleyc said...

One weakness of the articles of confederations is that the ariclesvdidi not give the power enforce laws.

shamore m said...

they did not have a president

tyrez s said...

13 states would be governed as one nation. And the weakness was the government would never get done if noboby was in charge

aaron j said...

the goverment could not pay its debts from the revolutionary war and america lost standing with other nations

Westen,m said...

The 13states were governed as one. Nation

alexandria s said...

The Goverment Could Not Its Debts From The Revolutionary War ,&'America Lost Standing With Other Nations..

brennan m said...

they didnt tax the colonists at all

Ronnelle B said...

one person having to much power...

Kylie H said...

Everyone has to agree on something to change a law

Kieron H. said...

People didn't want an extremely powerful person in charge.

Keith C. said...

One weakness of the articles of confederation is the they could not collect txes to pay for the army and weapons.

anna d said...

no executive branch
no president

Rachael B. said...

One weakness is, they could not collect tax so they couldn't pay for the army.

Harleigh W said...

They didnt have a president and it becam weak

haileyc said...

one of the of weakness is the way is they have to agree on many things.

Audrey R. said...

The Articles of Confederation did not create any courts.

Michael D said...

The Articales of Confederation could not collect taxes and had to ask the individual states for money.

Caleb T said...

One reason is all the states have to agree to change the law

Derrick l said...

There weakness is tht they say they will protect from a attack but they have no army

Alainna j said...

Couldnt opperate a single state

Shealaw said...

One weakness of the articles of confederation was not being able to collect taxes

Michael b said...

They could collect taxes

Kaitlynn O said...

Each state had only one vote in congress.

Josiah,p said...

Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size.

Tamboer,D said...

They had no taxes so ,that caused them not to be able to pay for the war.

Micah W. said...

One weakness of the articles was that they gave all the power to the states and they didnt have to listen to other laws

Allen R. said...

British left the newly independent Americans a little bit skittish

Amber J said...

Artical 9

Brendin b. said...

One weakness of confederation is articals did not give power toinforce it's laws.

Sam s. said...

they did not have taxes so they could not for the war

Areon A said...

One weakness of the articles of confederation is that congress had no power to collect taxes to pay for the military.

Dezaray B. said...

They didn't have any taxes, so they had no way to pay for the war.

AngelaG said...


They had no taxes so they couldn't pay for the war.

Devon i said...

(1) could not form a national army.

(2) could not form a national government.

Destinee J said...

The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states.

Sydney P said...

The Articles did not give congress the power to enforce its laws.

Anthony C. said...

Did not give congress the power to enforce laws

Isaiah S. said...

Congress had no power to collect taxes to pay for the military.

Hannah O. said...

Congress had no power to collect taxes to pay for the military.

Elias M said...

One weakness was they did not have states laws

Andre H. said...

the government did not have alot control over the states because the states were independent

Jacob,d said...

It didn't solve the states voting problem

Devon .I said...

1 could not form a national army

2 could not form a national government

alyssa said...

One weakness of the articles of confederation is that they could not pay there military

alyssa G said...

One weakness of the articles of confederation is they could not pay there military .

jamiqued said...

their experience under heavy handed british rule left the newly independent.

Dezaray B. said...

They didn't have any taxes so they couldn't pay for the war.

blaine A said...

no taxes for the army

camdin. c said...

The weakness is the government couldn't collect taxes. Without taxes we couldn't pay our military, Without our military we would get attacked or over ran. Without taxes we couldn't build schools

Zaniah D. said...

They didn't have any courts

Brandon B said...

They didn't have an official leader

nayana,W said...

Nayana,W

One Article of confederation was the british

Nayana,W said...

Nayana,W

they didnt have a presedent but the others did

David b said...

Taxes

Kemon E. said...

taxing

John B said...

one weakness is they didn't have any courts

Brandon h said...

The goverment could not pay taxes

braelynm said...

we didnt have any courts at all

Dj,P said...

They couldn't pay taxes

Drew M. said...

it didnt give them the power to tax

Wilkins, Ma said...

It didn't give the government the power to tax

makayla h said...

idk

Tyler s . said...

one weakness of the articles of conferderation is they didnt have any courts .

Malik W. said...

One Weakness is the articles of confederation didn't have the power to collect taxes

braelyn m said...

congress had no power nor could they collect money

Brandon h said...

Congress had no power not could they collect money