In creating a loose confederation of independent states, the Articles of Confederation gave limited powers to a central government known as Congress. Under the Articles of Confederation, the Congress was prohibited to collect taxes and had no control over foreign commerce. Since Congress could only...
From Independence in 1776 to 1781, United States existed without any formal constitution. The Second Continental Congress continued to serve as an extralegal body from the Revolution. In 1781, however, the needs for a new government took a form of a plan called the Articles of Confederation, drafted...
The Articles of Confederation provided a weak and ineffective government with respect to national economy. However, ordinances formed under the Confederation provided a successful method of western colonization, and these ordinances were the basis upon which the remainder of the United States was se...
