Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation were adopted so that the thirteen colonies could deal with problems common between them. Each state had one vote, all bills needed a two-thirds vote and a amendment to the actual Articles needed a unanimous vote ( which hardly ever happened). Each state had it's own judicial system and could place whatever taxes they wanted on items coming in and going out. The Articles of Confederation were meant to unify the colonies and show that they were serious about independence and creating a new form of government. They were the first attempt at some sort of constitution for all the colonies. The Articles had little power in dealing with individual colonies and could not do anything but advise and appeal. They were not given much power for the fear that congress would abuse it, because of this lack of power ( and a judicial system) the Articles of Confederation themselves did not work as a effective form of but they led to the Constitution that did.