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A 5 page research paper that summarizes the problems of that the young United States had with the Articles of Confederation and how this was corrected by the ratification of the Constitution. The writer explains how the new states were much more like thirteen separate countries than a single nation, and why the Bill of Rights was written. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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was achieved, the problems of the new republic were just beginning. Under the Articles of Confederation, the new states were much more like thirteen separate countries than a single nation.
It was still questionable as to whether or not the fledging country, the United States of America, would survive. The problems for the country under the Articles of Confederation were
considerable. Pertaining to the economy, it lacked the authority to establish tariffs and to regular commerce, or even to levy taxes (Anonymous, 2002). Pertaining to foreign relations, the central
government did not have exclusive authority over US international policy. Consequently, a number of states, after the victory over Great Britain, began their own negotiations with foreign powers (Anonymous, 2001).
Nine states organized their own armies, and there was a hodgepodge of currencies, a "bewildering variety of state and national paper bills, all fast depreciating in value" (Anonymous, 2002). The
government under the Articles of Confederation had no power to establish courts, or to control trade between the states (INS, 1990). Some states even had their own customs offices in
regards to interstate trade. George Washington was appalled to see the new nation that he had fought to establish falter. During the American Revolution, the efforts of Congress had
been ineffectual at best, but, afterwards, the actions of Congress were actually hampering the viability of the new republic. One of the most serious problems was still with Great Britain.
English merchants were giving liberal credit to their old customers in the US, encouraging the former colonies to buy. But England still closed its ports to American ships, so the
trade was all in one direction only, and many colonies were going into debt to England. The obvious course of action was to close American ports to English goods until
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