Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Predict the Problems Weaknesses No Chief Executive Congress used committees to Get their

ir work accomplished Passing a law took approval of 9 of the 13 states Predict the Outcome -Many quarrels while making decisions -Decisions take a long time

-Difficulty getting laws passed -No colonial unity

Amending the document required approval of 13 of the 13 states

-No amendments are made -The Articles of Confederation are abolished -Congress ends up borrowing a lot of money

Congress could request the states pay taxes, but they couldnt force them to pay. Congress could borrow money.

Congress possessed no power to control commerce foreign or domestic

-States have more power to control commerce

Congress could make treaties but had no power to require the states to follow them Congress could make laws but had no power to force the states to abide by them

-Little to no states follow made treaties -The foreign countries are angered by the lack of adherence to made treaties -States rarely adhere to laws

No National court system

-The policies toward crime are different for each state -No way to deal with interstate criminal activity