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

ir work accomplished Predict the Outcome No one to make decisions Work is not done efficiently or quickly More arguments

Passing a law took approval of 9 of the 13 states

Laws were not agreed upon by all of the states

Amending the document required approval of 13 of the 13 states

Unanimous approval was practically impossible because states wanted different things A lot of amendments Took very long Congress greatly needed money, but it was not easily taken from the states

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

No one regulated trade or prices on goods from state to state

Congress could make treaties but had no power to require the states to follow them

Treaties were ignored and were completely powerless

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

Each state had different approaches to the laws made by congress; not universally regarded as actual laws

No National court system

There was no system of law that citizens could all follow; no regulated consequences for breaking laws