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 If a hard and fast decision were to be made then the committee might make its conclusion too late to be effective. Itll be very hard for laws for the whole country to be passed. If a few states didnt agree then the United States would be at a standstill about a law. Making any changes to the Articles would be made impossible because a minority might disagree. The federal government will have no constant supply of money with which to pay soldiers, build infrastructure, or pay off its debts. Smuggling might become rampant. Illegal products like drugs, bootlegged goods, and counterfeits might be easily exchanged. States with bad feelings towards another country might remain in war and hurtle the whole United States into another prolonged conflict. The laws (which take the approval of 9 states) would be ineffective since no one could enforce them. A ban against cocaine might prove ineffective. There is no court of the highest stage. Crimes made against federal law would be prosecuted ineffectively in state or city courts.

Amending the document required approval of 13 of the 13 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

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

No National court system