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4. Give 3 weaknesses of the Article of Confederation?
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1) No power to tax — Congress could only request money from states, so the national government was chronically underfunded and could not pay debts or adequately support an army.
2) Could not regulate interstate or foreign commerce — states set their own trade rules and tariffs, producing trade disputes, economic disorder, and difficulty negotiating unified trade policy.
3) No strong executive or national judiciary — there was no president to enforce laws and no federal court system to settle disputes between states, so laws were often ignored and conflicts unresolved (e.g., problems highlighted by Shays’ Rebellion).
2) Could not regulate interstate or foreign commerce — states set their own trade rules and tariffs, producing trade disputes, economic disorder, and difficulty negotiating unified trade policy.
3) No strong executive or national judiciary — there was no president to enforce laws and no federal court system to settle disputes between states, so laws were often ignored and conflicts unresolved (e.g., problems highlighted by Shays’ Rebellion).
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