Reasons why the Articles of Confederation Weren’t a Success By: Allison Barcelo Campos 10/5/17 period #6 test #2 The early Americans hated the way they were treated by the government in England, for that reason they neglected to allow a strong central government to take force in America. They only allowed almost all the power to the states, which created the document, that we now call the Articles of Confederation. That document failed as a structure of government because of various reasons. Those reasons are that congress didn’t have enough power and the states didn’t agree with each other in many aspects. Those aspects were how many votes could be held by each state and if western land had to be turned over to the national government. Congress