2. The Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses
Strengths
Individual states were sovereign
No executive
No power to enforce conflicts between states
No power to tax
No common currency, exchange disputes
Not binding if passed
No judiciary to resolve disputes
State wars (Penn-Con)
Conflicts between state laws
State trade problems
States made own international treaties, states were played off each other
Experience gained helped in the creation of the Constitution
States acted as experimental labs
Provided some solutions in convention
Got through the Revolutionary War
Ended western land claiming by states
Was a product of the people
This chart is on pg 83 of City Upon a Hill.