Cierra Meta Dr. Scott Gravorsky March 21 2016 Constitution Paper Word Count: 879 U.S. Constitution Paper and Economic Disorganization Economic disorganization is one flaw of the Articles of Confederation. It led to financial hardships for the United States the most after the 1780’s Revolutionary war. When the war ended, law prohibited trade with Britain’s colonies in the Caribbean. Reasons why economic disorganization was a problem is because: congress could not regulate trade, there was no uniform currency, and there was no power of taxation. The Economic Crisis of the 1780’s shows that there was something wrong with the economical side to the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution attempted to solve the economic situation by adding …show more content…
A limit the Congress had was that they did not have to power to regulate all trade. The only power they had was the ability to regulate trade with Native American tribe, but only if it did not compete with the state. Congress had no ability to consult trade agreements with foreign countries. States are the ones who had all the power. The state could make and enforce and trade restriction they want. This caused disorganization since each different state had separate laws. Each state had its own import and export policies. This was solved by the government giving only Congress complete control “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.” (Article …show more content…
Constitution is the Import- export clause which prohibits states from taxing imports and exports. The constitution states “No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.”(Article I, section 10) In the Articles of Confederation, the Congress had the lack of power to tax, they had to request funds from several states. The Articles of Confederation says that only the state had the authority to tax and that Congress’ funds “shall be supplies by the states in proportion to the value of all lands within each state.” (VIII). Often the states come up short or did not pay at all, and because of that, Congress struggled to pay foreign debts and managing foreign affairs. To fix this taxing problem, the Constitution added a Taxing and spending clause. The Taxing and Spending clause gives the Congress “Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States” (Article I, section 8). This clause gives organization and an economic “flow”