Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation was originally adopted by the thirteen colonies in order to form a stable government to deal with common problems among the colonies. The Articles sought to form a central force as well as to link the colonies together, which it did achieve to some extent. The central force was the Congress, but this force was incredibly weak and had no power on commerce or taxation. The Congress was designed to be weak purposely because the colonies were reluctant to give a central government too much power after having fought a war to free themselves of an overly powerful government, this is also why there was no executive branch. Thus the problem was that although Congress could pass legislations and call for a tax collection, there was no way to enforce it. Therefore The Articles of Confederation was not an effective system of government in the least bit, it allowed for too much individual power and no real unification on monetary laws specifically.
Although the Articles of Confederation was largely ineffective with the governing of the thirteen colonies it did pave the way for the acceptence of a stronger central government and ratification of the new constitution. The Articles also clearly outlined the powers that should be exercised by the central government such as making treaties. Overall the Articles showed the need for a strong able central government. This means that although the Articles of Confederation itself did not effectivley govern the colonies, it led to a more effective system of government.