Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Articles Of Confederation

How the Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Outweigh The Strengths
In 1775 The American Revolution was uncontrollable, with Britain and the colonies, at the time, going head to head fighting for control. During the chaos, the new nation acknowledged that it needed a stable government if they were going to win the war. Their leaders wrote a set of rules to help control the country in 1777. The Articles of Confederation were a set of rules to be the first document that established the functions of their national government after it declared independence. Even though the Articles of Confederation strengthened their country’s geography, their politics, and economy severely weakened America. The Articles of Confederation strengthened their geography by creating the Northwest Ordinance. In 1787 the

This ordinance also made it so that the Native Americans had to be treated fairly. America's young nation's geographical achievement helped strengthen its new country. Even though the Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses that affected their country both politically and economically. One way the Articles of Confederation weakened their government was Shays Rebellion. Shays Rebellion was a rebellion led by Daniel Shay to protest courts for seizing farms from people who could not pay their loans. Many of these farmers who joined the rebellion had been fighting in the American Revolution, leading the farmers to not be able to tend to their land. The government did not pay them for all the time the farmers spent fighting in the war. Shay was determined to save his farm so he gathered nearly 2,000 farmers and started to attack courthouses. The point of attacking courthouses was to prevent the courts from selling property as payment for debts. Once George Washington stated, “If there exists not a power to check them,” Washington questioned what would happen and what was happening at the time without an executive branch (Document 3).