Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation were the early brimstones of the legislative, executive and judicial bodies of the U.S. government. They were meant for setting the Congress for rule and giving the Congress just enough power to govern the states. That, however, was little to no power at all. No state wanted to be governed by the congress and the problem of representation was always debated. The Articles of Confederation was a very weak start but a start nevertheless of a new American constitution. It also represented a friendship that was formed between states even though the states didn’t exactly agree on the policies and laws of other states. The Articles of Confederation were not a very effective form of government for the colonies because they didn’t enforce their laws and rules strongly, they didn’t bring the states together like they should have, and they didn’t provide the states a common ground on which wise and diplomatic decisions could have been made. Fro example, under the Articles, there was no congressional power over commerce, Congress had no authority to act directly upon individuals and no power to coerce states. That meant that the Articles didn’t give Congress adequate power to rule the nation or to bring the former colonies to their former glory, before the Revolution.