Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:

• too much power
  
• no order amongst society
  
• bad relationship between states and federal government
  
• one vote in Congress for each state
  
• no national currency
  
• nine out of thirteen states had to approve passage of certain legislation
  
• no authority for Congress to regulate either interstate or foreign commerce

The Articles of Confederation (AOC) was a form of government that was similar to the Constitution. It was originated by the American delegates in 1777, but was acknowledged by all states in 1781. There were several weaknesses that came into effect after the AOC was created. These weaknesses were mainly economical or political. Most of these problems were not resolved.

A critical flaw was that the delegates couldn’t determine how to equally share power. The delegates thought that if they gave the central government too much power that they citizens would rebel again. However, if they gave the states too much power there would be no order amongst society. Those two statements were true, because it could have happened. The bad thing was that no one knew how to deal with it.