The Articles of Confederation was the first form of government created by the young United States after the Revolutionary War. As you know, the Articles of Confederation did not work out and the Constitution eventually took its place.
Why do you think the Articles of Confederation did not last as the government for the United States?
Did Articles of Confederation do anything good?
What needed to be changed to make the country stronger?
What do you think would have happened if the United States kept the Articles of Confederation?
What changes did the "founding fathers" make in the new Constitution to address the problems in the Articles of Confederation?
I think the Articles of Confederation did not last as the government for the United States because the United States had to many laws and things for them to handle. I also think the Articles of Confederation did not last as the government for the United States becuse the United States ended up getting a government.
ReplyDeletethat is true but the Articles of Confederation were also too weak.
Deletei disagree. i think that the america didn't have enough laws and that's why they couldn't handle "it", and what does your last sentence mean?
DeleteUr rightbcuz we would have to try to bend laws so people could all agree
DeleteWhat do you mean had to many things to handle? Do you mean like the wars and many other things?
DeleteI agree when you say the government had too many laws because I believe that this made it too weak.
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the founding fathers changed slave rights woman rights. goverment and the armed forces.
ReplyDeletethey changed the goverment to a two house goverment. that was wronge they didnt change the slaves they advantully did but not in this meaning.
Deletethe founding fathers did not change the slaves rights or the rights of women.
DeleteGreat job mentioning laws but there are more
DeleteAre you sure about this answer I mean i like this answer but are you sure on this answer??????
Deletei agree thay created a navy so if shays rebellion happend again they would be ready for them
DeleteThe constitution did improve rights of the white male but there wasn't much rights for women and slaves, the south didn't agree to slave rights and most people didn't agree to women rights at that time.
DeleteI agree with you but I wouldn't just say slave 'rights' because they were still known as property.
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if the articles of confederation was kept the who 12 states who go crazy. If they didn't change anything about it we would be in a lot of trouble. So i am happy that they did change it.
ReplyDeleteGreat iddea but any reasoning to it, uve got to giv an explanation even if u don't make sense its good to hav a back up plan
Deletei don't understand your beginning, and are there any specific parts that you are more or less happy about them changing?
DeleteWhat do you mean about they go crazy??????
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Deletewhat do you mean by go crazy?
DeleteWhat do you mean be in a lot of trouble ? Do you mean like ........................ 9 out of 13 states had to agree on a law
DeleteI agree that they would be in a lot of trouble but I would add to that by saying, the states would be too strong and the federal government would be, too weak.
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what i mean by going crazy is that the government don't have enough strength to stop all of them.
Deletei think the Articles of Confederation did not make it because it was to weak. the articles did do some thing good like setting land aside for schools and planing what to do with the land. one thing that needed to change is that the states need a army.
ReplyDeleteU hav a point but y do the states need an army?... o rite. So they can rebel against tyhe goverment
DeleteI agree that the aoc. was to week. I also like that you included schools and an army. I do think you could of explained why but overall it was good.
Deletehow was it not strong? i men it gave us some sort of base for government so how do you think it was not enough
DeleteI also agree with you because the Articles of Condeferation was to weak. And that the articles did do some good things.
Deletebut the states did have armys it was the govermant that did not have an army
DeleteI agree because the gov over powered the Articals of Confederions.
DeleteI agree because thy denfinetly needed an army!!!
Deletete states shoild also have changed 9 states having to agree with one another or changed the fact that people needed slaves. with the army they should also train a navy.
Deletei think the articles of confederation didn't last long as the government for the united states because we just got out of war and wanted more and more freedom if we lost that freedom we threatened to rebel. the federal government should have had more power over the state governments and the law about 9 states agreeing on a law should have been thrown out asap. if we had kept the articles of confederation our country would be very weak if we hadn't fallen yet. some changes made to our government were the way that we spread out our power in the government. we had 1 part of the government and changed it to 3. the legislative, judicial and executive. the legislative branch made the laws the judicial branch enforced the laws and executive branch made sure the laws were carried out fairly. we did nothing with slavery and we voted on making 2 houses in the legislative branch, 1 being based on population and the other by equal representatives. the articles of confederation were weak and it saved our country from falling when we changed them.
ReplyDeletei agree with that because if we took to much power from the people they ould think that we were going to treat them like the british, then they would rebell and we would start a whole different war.
DeleteI agree with you highly. After getting out of the war we wanted too much power, and because of this i was part of the downfall of the Articles of Confederation. With 3 new branches of government equal power was to be given and decisions to be agreed upon. You are right if the Articles were kept we would be very weak if we hadnt already fallen. When 9 staes out of 12 have to agree about something it probably wouldnt be easy to come to a solution, so your right and i agree that, that rule should be the first to go.
Deletegood detail. i agree with the idea of how the people thought it would be best to give more freedom so there would not be a repeat of the revolutionary war.
Deletei agree with you. i like the idea of a 2 house legislative branch
Deletethe articles gave us freedom they just let all the states go crazy if we had not changes it the smaller states could have rissen up against the big ones
Deletethought they made 2 houses of government first and then changed it to three later on
Deletei agree with you that one of the reasons the articles of confederation fell apart because we the states needed more freedom.
DeleteI agree with everything, but the beginning. The Articles of Confederation made most states happy about their freedom. The Articles of Confederation weren't strong enough for the entire country.
DeleteYou did a very nice job explaining the new government and how the power was seperated. You were very direct when you mentioned the three branches of government along with the two houses. A very great point you made.
DeleteI like how you said the three brancges of government. i like how you stated them too
Deletei think the aticles of conferderation didnt last because they were weak. the federal government had no power so if a riot started they couldnt stop it. the articles of confederation did do some good though, it set aside land for schools. what needed to change was the federal government had to have more power so the states cant rebell. also they needed to help the slaves a little bit. i think that we wouldve fallen if we kept it because it was so weak. changes that the founding fathers made were they made a new government, changed slave rules, and they gave the people new rights.
ReplyDeletethey changed the goverment to a two house goverment. they through away the articles of confederation. there was to many states against it. so they ruled against it. i was from delaware so i didnt believe to change it but thats a another day.
ReplyDeletei think the articles of confederation didnt last because it was really weak but they did do good putting land for goverment buldings.
ReplyDeleteI think the Articles of Confederation did not last long as the government for th US, because the founding fathers changed slave rights women rights the government and the army forces. Also they just got out of war. And they wanted more and more freedom.
ReplyDeleteAlso they just got out of war and they wanted more and more freedom
ReplyDeleteI think The Articles Of Confederation didnt last very long for a few reasons.One reason is that we (12 states) didnt agree with each other some people wanted salves and other didnt and more things like the government (about how to run it).The states didnt want to give the government to much power so we came up with the idea of 3 branches of government,legislative,judical,and executive. The Articles Of Confederation did do some good things though like set/save land for schools. The Articles Of Conderation had a few good things with it but mostly not as many good things.
ReplyDeleteI think the Articles of Confederation didnt last as our government because we wanted to rule ourselves and we didnt really have the experience too. We also didnt want to rule like the British so, we changed everything we were used to. The Articles of Confederation did do some good things although they didnt last. For example, one thing they good was that they put land aside for building schools. There were many things that needed to be changed in the Articles of Confederation. For example, one thing that needed to change was that the federal government had to have more power.Another thing that had to change was the amount of states needed to make a vote for a decision. If the Articles of Confederation were not changed I think that the country would have fallen and we wouldnt be here or live like we do today.One important thing discussed in the constitution was that there would be 3 branches of governtment. the legeslative, exectutive, and judicial branches. They also gave women rights. There are mant other reasons to why I think the Articles of Confederation needed to be changed but I think these are the most important.
ReplyDeletei agree. also the articles of confederation didn't last because it was to weak.
Deletei think that the Articles of Confederation did not last as the government for the United States because they were too weak. the articles Of Confederation gave the citizens rights. to make the country stronger the citizens need to have more say. if the United states kept the Articles of Confederation i think that we would have been taken over by another country. the "founding fathers" changed representation, rights, slavery, and taxes in the new constitution to address the problems in the Articles of Confederation.
ReplyDeleteI think the articles of confederation did not last long for several reasons. One they gave the states to much power so they felt they were in control of the government. Some basicrights should be casted apun the citizens, freedom of speech so they can say and create ffeelings or say as theyy want, the right. To own land is a necessity and that incldes women. Slaves should not be allowed to too the decloration of inddependance saying all men r equal. Weneedd to stand by the rights we hab alreadyset instone.
ReplyDeletei think that the articles of confederation did not last as our government because it was too weak. the articles of confederation did not do anything good except set aside land for schools. a lot of things needed to be changed. the first thing was that we needed to start a new government. we needed a central government that wasn't to powerful or to weak.we also needed 3 branches of government to spread our the power.if the founding fathers kept the articles of confederation our government and country would of feel to pieces. the articles of confederation were too weak!!! the people would of overthrown the government and would of been chaos.In the new government would tax the people and the states would be able to change to amount being taxed. the government would no be able to in force laws. there were other things such as : regulating trade, having a court system, having 3 branches of government,and 2 branches on the legislative : the 1st one being based on population and the 2nd one being based on equal Representatives.
ReplyDeleteToday we have the Constitution because the Articles did not have a central government strong enough to support the United States
ReplyDeletethe articles of confederation seemed like a good idea when it first started. however, as time progressed, the article of confederation gave the states more power they need. they didnt want to end up in a war so they gave the states more power then the federal goverment. but when shays rebelion took place, the federal goverment couldnt help which made them realise they had to mkake some changes.
ReplyDeleteA new government was created after the Articles of Confederation was ended. The Articles of Confederation did not last as long as the government because Americs was weak. Shay's Rebellion showed just how weak we were. The laws were not strict enough and people could do any vandalising they wanted to. Nothing good came out of the Articles of Confederation. The states had more power than the Federal Government. That meant that if any state needed help or controling no one clould really do anything about it. The laws were also weak so people could do as they please. Many things needed to be changed in order for America to grow strong. Our government needed to be changed from one branch to 3 branches. They were called the Judical, Executive, and Legislative Branches. We also had the Legislatove Branch have 2 houses. One was for the representatives of each state, and the other was for representation to be based on population. If the Articles of Confederation were kept I think America would not be where it is today, if it didn't fall yet. Slavery would most likely still be standing and women wouldn't be allowed to go to school. We wouldn't be as advanced either because only men would be working and having jobs, not all ideas would be shared. Some things the our Founding Fathers put in the Constitution was armed forces (army) and women rights. Women didn't have to be put down under such harsh ruling anymore and the army would be trained more, and have more weapons. The Articles of Confederation were not good towards the country and we should be glad they were dropped, and a new government began.
ReplyDeleteA new government was created after the Articles of Confederation was ended. The Articles of Confederation did not last as long as the government because Americs was weak. Shay's Rebellion showed just how weak we were. The laws were not strict enough and people could do any vandalising they wanted to. Nothing good came out of the Articles of Confederation. The states had more power than the Federal Government. That meant that if any state needed help or controling no one clould really do anything about it. The laws were also weak so people could do as they please. Many things needed to be changed in order for America to grow strong. Our government needed to be changed from one branch to 3 branches. They were called the Judical, Executive, and Legislative Branches. We also had the Legislatove Branch have 2 houses. One was for the representatives of each state, and the other was for representation to be based on population. If the Articles of Confederation were kept I think America would not be where it is today, if it didn't fall yet. Slavery would most likely still be standing and women wouldn't be allowed to go to school. We wouldn't be as advanced either because only men would be working and having jobs, not all ideas would be shared. Some things the our Founding Fathers put in the Constitution was armed forces (army) and women rights. Women didn't have to be put down under such harsh ruling anymore and the army would be trained more, and have more weapons. The Articles of Confederation were not good towards the country and we should be glad they were dropped, and a new government began.
ReplyDeleteI think the founding fathers changed the gov cuz the gov didnt have enough power
ReplyDeletei think that the articles of confederation didnt last for our new country america for many reasons. one reason i think this is because if any states' people would rebel there would be no central government to disolve the problem. also the articles of confederation wouldnt last in ur new country of america because it would make it hard to fight a war with any attackers who want our land because we dont have a combined militaries.
ReplyDeleteI think the articles of confederation didn't last for many resons.one is that they didn't have enough power. they should of been able to make laws more easily. they also should of ben-en able to tax the states. I think if the us kept the articles of confederation that the country would have fallen. but luckily they changed the articles of confederation and made a new government. they added 3 branches of government and gave the government more power. that's not all the things they did and all they will do. when they made the constitution they made it amendable so that if something where to happen or they want to change or add things they could. those are my thoughts on the articles of confederation.
ReplyDeletei think the articles of confederation did not last long because each state had different needs and wants this lead to lots of arguments in government and in other things to but, i do think the articles of confederation did things good like let people settle west of the mountains and it let states set up schools that is the only thing the articles did right . the things that needed changes was the government and how we thought things needed to be done like what some things states thought where fair others thought where unfair and thats why the great compromise was make to create peace and happy states not states that want to fight each other.if the articles of confederation was still in effect we might be under other RULE of another government. the changes the founding faters made wher equal rights and other major things we have today
ReplyDeleteI think the articls of confederation didnt last because there was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to many laws
ReplyDeletei dont think that is the reason... it think i didnt work cuz the federal government little power and gave the states too much power.
Deletethey didn't have a lot of laws ,it just was very strict
Deletecookie monster i gucci aper to agree with you because they didnt cep up with the laws
ReplyDeletethe articles of confederation did not last because they gave the states too much power.the articles of confederation let the citizens move to the west and create more states and set aside land for schools.the federal government should have had more power to make an army and have taxes.the articles of confederation wouldnt have worked because the government wouldnt have any power and they would have no control or say in the states actions.the founding fathers gave the federal government more power and gave the states less.
ReplyDeleteit didn't provide a strong central government. the states acted completely independent of each other. acting for their best interest and not that of the states as a whole.
ReplyDeleteThe Articles of Confederation were the first governmental document of the Unites States of America, but failed to establish a strong government. It gave the individual state governments more power than the federal government, making the federal government rely on the states for tax money, laws, and other such things.The Articles of Confederation were written to provide a form of government for the newly-united 13 colonies.They did not work because they gave the federal government little power and gave the states too much power. The states acted as separate nations, yet still expected the federal government to handle everything. For example: the federal government was expected to pay the army, but had no means to do so
if america still had the articles of confederation the county would fall or be very weak. all of the stats would hav different laws and money (it would be very difficult to move to a diff state).the states would disagree and maybe even get into a war with each other. the constitution makes all the states united into a central gov. in order to get a federal law 9 of the 13 states need to agree on it. it lets everyone get there natural rights. it also stops the slave trade in 20 years. the articles of confederation makes a 2 house legislature one with representation by population and one with equal representation.also it makes the 3/5 compromise which states that 3 out of every 5 slaves will be counted in population
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i like it thats kind of what i said i do think that the country would eventually fall we would not be what we are today if they hadnt changed the articals of confederation.
Deletethey did not last because they gave to much power to the states.no they did not do any good.they needed to give rights and give the federal gov more power.more people would rebell and we would have another war.they gave more power to the govermant and they also gave rights to people, they also were going to end the slave trade in 20 years
ReplyDeleteThe Articles of Confedertion did not last as the United States' government because it allowed a rebellion of 1000 farmers nearly overthrow Massachusets. It also did not give the United States a strong economy However it did do good at one thing, the Northwest Ordanance. To make the country stronger the entire government must be changed. If the United States kept this government the states might have been at war with one another collapsing the country as a whole. The new constitution gave more power to the federal government and wa amendable(changable). The Constitution later included a Bill of Rights also.
ReplyDeleteThe Articles of Confederation didn't last because the states had too much power and could easily be defeted. Thankfuly the Articles of Confederation did some thing worth while. It made land for schools. To make the govermant stronger the federal government needed more power so it can hold the states together.It also needed to be able to train and have an army and navy ready at any moment. If we ended up keeping the Articles of Confederation the states sooner then later would have crumpled to the ground. The states would end up vunerable to attacts.The founding fathers when creating the constitution made sure that the federal government received more power (enough power to send armies when/where needed), population, how the government would run( 3 branches of government/legislative, executive, and judicial ), and slavery(which did not change much. only the fact that the slave trade should end in 20 years.) It is a good thing the founding fathers created a goverment when they did.
ReplyDeletei think the articles of confederation didnt last long as the government because people didnt agree with some of the laws and they rebeled. plus they had a lot of laws for a new country and they couldnt handle it.also the laws were kinda weak . i think the articles of confederation didnt do anything for us. we needed some equal power from three different people or groups or branches and a professinal army and police force.
ReplyDeletei like whtt cookie monster said. i dindnt think of those things and i wish i did great job cookie monster
ReplyDeleteThe articals of confederion did not last because, they were two week. Also because the government took over and over powers the Articals of Cofederions.
ReplyDeleteThe articles of the confederation did not last as long as the United States government because it was weak. there was only some goods it had like it made some land for schools, also for the NW territory government. it had basic rights, no slavery, and provides a way for territory to become state. Lots of things needed to be changed to the articles of confederation to make the country stronger! Like getting an army, changing how they trade so they can actually trade!!! Just think about if they didn't make a new government and kept the articles of confederation the country would fall and it would be out of control!!! But the founding fathers did gather around to make a new government and change there voting, kept slavery, changed their government to make it a much more reliable government.
ReplyDeleteThe articles of confederation didn't last that long for many of reasons. The biggest reason why it didn't last that long was because it was to weak. Another reason was that at least 9 out of13 states had to agree on a law be fore it was passed. And no one could tax. Over all the articles of confederation did nothing good for us and was very weak and did not last as long as other governments did, and the articles of confederation soon fell and was taken away ( nonexistent anymore).
ReplyDeleteisnt that 9 out of 13 states needed to agree just another way of explaning that they were weak. and they did do something good they figured out how to settle the west and what to do if they gained more land.
Deletethere are many things that were rong with the articals of the confederation. one of these were that the government dident have enoph power. while the colonys had to much power. this was bad because they had no porfeshinal army and could not pay for the war det because of no taxes.
ReplyDeletethe founding fathers put in the consatution is to end the slavery trade. they made the bill of rights. they made a three branches of government. they make a president but it is not like a king. they have less power but still have some.
ReplyDeleteI agree on everything but I wouldn't necessarily call it slave 'rights', since they were still known as property.
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i think that the Articles of Conferderation did not last beacuse it was weak and unfair. Thhe federal goverment should have had more power over states and Shays rebellion showed that. something that needed to be changed was how 9 states had to agree to make a law, stats were not the same and lived differnt lives, it would be impossible for them to see eye to eye. if the United States kep the articles of confereration it would have fallen to the ground over time.
ReplyDeleteI disagree xoxo123 the states should have more power.
Deletei like what you said cake articels of confederation was two week, kinda what i said.
Deletethe articals of confederation didn't last very long because it was weak. it wasnt really a central government if a state didnt like a law they didnt have to follow it because the central gov couldnt enforce laws. the only thing that the articals of confederation did right was how to settle the west. the government neeeded more power over the state but not completly. if the gov didnt change then the country probably would have fallen.
ReplyDeleteAlot of thigs needed to be changed.
ReplyDeleteOne thi g is they needed to get more power but not two much. then they need to change how they managed things.represantation based on population.
Alot of thigs needed to be changed.
ReplyDeleteOne thi g is they needed to get more power but not two much. then they need to change how they managed things.represantation based on population.
I think the usa woulda fell or crumbeled. then tey wouldove lost control of the melisha. then a protest might of happened.
ReplyDeleteI think if the articles of confederation were to stay the government would have failed in a few decades.
ReplyDeletethe articles of confederation did not work because they had no power and could not protect themselves. the articles of confederation changed the government by making it equal so no branch had to much power.that is how the articles of confederation changed.
ReplyDeletei agree with XoXo123 because the articles of confederation were weak and did not have enough power to help anyone.
ReplyDeletethe articles of confederation did not last because they had to many weaknesses. for example the states had more power than the fedral government. the fedral government had limited power. the states had to agree to make a law. they couldnt control trade either. the fedral government couldnt tax people and had to ask states to barrow money. anoother reason the articles of confederation didnt last is because of the shays rebelion. 1,000 farmers were lead to attack court houses because the government was taking their land because of unpayed debts. massachucetts asked the government to send troops but the government didnt have the power.
ReplyDeleteThe Article of Confederation did not last long because it was simialr to the British. It was like a one central government. Just like what the British did, that it why all the battles and wars started for... Not really, it was mostly because of the taxes and protests. But the central governemnt was apart of it...
ReplyDeleteit did not last long because too weak ang some what the government took there powers away.
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