Articles Of Confederation Dbq Analysis

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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? The Articles of Confederation were the “firm league of friendship” between all the states. The Articles couldn’t really do much. All the power at that time was with the states. The Articles were what people wanted at first because they didn’t want a strong national government. The only problem was with no power they couldn’t do anything.

The government needed more power to stop the disorders. “ What stronger evidence can be given of the want of energy in our government than these disorders? If there exists not a power to check them, what security has a man for his life, liberty, or property.”(Document 1) With no power the government couldn’t control anything. The Articles needed a lot more power