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Articles Of Confederation DBQ
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During the Revolutionary War the colonial leaders needed a government to hold them together, while fighting the English king. In 1781 the Articles of Confederation were ratified, effectively tying knots around the new government. The Articles were written to not create a strong government but the ....
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....t have power to demand a tax, only suggest one. Jones indicates that if the Confederation cannot collect taxes, it cannot pay its creditors, and it cannot pay its army, reducing the strength of the government and the country.
The weakness the Articles fostered allowed foreign nations to dismiss the idea of a unified country in the United States of America. There was no army to defend it, not even a show of unified support to stand behind the Articles. In 1785, John Jay's instructions to the U.... |
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