Articles of Confederation

Many people are familiar with the documents "The Articles of Confederation" and "The United States Constitution" and there are many differences within the both. For instance, taxes, in each state was changed from having no control what to tax to having complete authority to do so. In the year 1781, Ratification took place in all the thirteen states; a while after the Articles of Confederation was adopted, and set the Confederation into action. Problems arose with the Articles of Confederation and the government broke down and split up into two, causing no significant power and weakening in the Federal Government. The Articles of confederation had many errors, but soon enough it was fixed by the Constitution and made the new government much more of a success.

In 1776, John Dickinson, a Delegate from Delaware, was selected as one of the representative from each colony as the principal writer. Dickinson's draft of the Articles of Confederation was then named "The United States of America". This Confederation delivered Congress information about the representation on population, and gave the national government all powers designated to the states. The Articles of Confederation was then adopted by Congress on November 15, 1777. Which then led to each state having "only one vote in Congress", and each state recovering its "every power", meaning their independence and sovereignty, was regained and citizens had their freedom again. The Articles of Confederation then carried an alliance within the thirteen states, which the Congress named "…A firm league of friendship with each other…" For example, this proposed that in time the national government was weakened, due to the separation of the states, but were expected to assist each other. The must for a stronger national government was precisely needed for the reason that Congress did not have much power. As said in Article VIII, it states that "...The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the United States in congress assembled..." This anticipated that whatever they sought to purchase had to be left and charged by the power of the