The Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation were adopted with the goal of uniting all thirteen of the newly established states on certain issues, namely foreign policy. The Articles held a representative congress made up of members from all thirteen of the states. All measures had to receive 2/3 vote (which rarely they did). The Articles of Confederation maintained sovereign power within each state. Therefore they could not govern any of the citizens or policies within any state. The Articles simply formed as a way to connect the Unites States of America.
The Articles of Confederation were a poor form of actually governing. The 2/3 vote factor made every initiative very hard to pass. In fact, the Articles of Confederation did not allow for very much governance at all. States had their own constitutions and economic laws. The economic policy differences in all of the states was a large example of the ineffectiveness of the Articles. Since all tariff systems and values were different, inter-state trade was incredibly difficult and the congress put in place by the Articles of Confederation had no say or power to correct or aid in these problems, thus showing that the document was nearly useless in true governance of anything.