Given the way the government was organized under the Articles of Confederation, which of the following could have happened in the United States during the Critical Period? Write yes if it could have happened and write no if it could not have happened. __________ Laws were not always enforced because there was no President to see that they were carried out. __________ Many disputes between states and between citizens of different states went unsettled because there were no federal courts to hear the cases. __________ Many states refused to pay the full amount of requested by Congress. __________ Congress never had enough money to run the government, settle its debts, and pay its soldiers. __________ Congress and the individual states printed so much paper money that it became almost worthless. __________ Money in one state was different from money in another state. __________ States argued over navigation rights on rivers along their boundaries. __________ Foreign countries refused to make agreements with the United States because Congress could not get all of the states to obey them. __________ States placed heavy taxes on products from other states so that their citizens would buy cheaper goods from businesses within their own state. Virginia, Massachusetts, and other states with large populations resented the fact that each state, regardless of its size, had 1 vote in Congress. It was difficult to get new laws passed. Boundary disputes between states nearly led to armed conflict. It was difficult to make changes in the Articles of Confederation. The weak national government not keep the states from acting like 13 independent countries. Foreign countries had little respect for the United States. George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and other leaders became dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation. A meeting was held to write a new constitution for the United States. The Articles of Confederation had many serious weaknesses and eventually was replaced by the United States Constitution. In your opinion, what were the five most serious weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Given the way the government was organized under the Articles of Confederation, which of the following could have happened in the United States during the Critical Period? Write yes if it could have happened and write no if it could not have happened. __________ Laws were not always enforced because there was no President to see that they were carried out. __________ Many disputes between states and between citizens of different states went unsettled because there were no federal courts to hear the cases. __________ Many states refused to pay the full amount of requested by Congress. __________ Congress never had enough money to run the government, settle its debts, and pay its soldiers. __________ Congress and the individual states printed so much paper money that it became almost worthless. __________ Money in one state was different from money in another state. __________ States argued over navigation rights on rivers along their boundaries. __________ Foreign countries refused to make agreements with the United States because Congress could not get all of the states to obey them. __________ States placed heavy taxes on products from other states so that their citizens would buy cheaper goods from businesses within their own state. Virginia, Massachusetts, and other states with large populations resented the fact that each state, regardless of its size, had 1 vote in Congress. It was difficult to get new laws passed. Boundary disputes between states nearly led to armed conflict. It was difficult to make changes in the Articles of Confederation. The weak national government not keep the states from acting like 13 independent countries. Foreign countries had little respect for the United States. George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and other leaders became dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation. A meeting was held to write a new constitution for the United States. The Articles of Confederation had many serious weaknesses and eventually was replaced by the United States Constitution. In your opinion, what were the five most serious weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?