From March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1788 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with a government. ... The Articles of Confederation did exactly what a loose confederation was designed to do. ... When the Articles of Confederation were formed, it required a unanimous vote of the states to amend any aspect of it. ... In spite of all their troubles, the Articles of Confederation were not entirely ineffective. ... The Articles of Confederation were the right government for that time period. ...

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The first stepping stone towards their new government became the Articles of Confederation. ... Although a very big stepping stone towards our current government it was clear that the Article of Confederation would not be sufficient enough to unify the thirteen states. ... Another aspect the Articles of confederation was missing was the protection of unalienable rights, each state had created its own bill of rights but there was no bill of rights to protect all people of the states together. ... F) In 1787 a group of "demigods" met to revise the articles of confederation and it end...

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The Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. ... The Articles of Confederation was introduced not to long after the Declaration of Independence in 1777. ... Different colonies had their own reason why they had not accepted to Articles of Confederation. ... The Articles of confederation was thrown out of the window. ... Although the Articles of Confederation was not a success, it most absolutely was a radical change. ...

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They were unhappy about many aspects of the government, both the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts State Legislature. ... Causes Unstable economy after war No standard currency under Articles of Confederation Felt that taxes were too high Felt that the Courts and Legislature favored high class Effects Brought attention to weaknesses in the Articles Brought upon legislative and judicial reform in Massachusetts Shay's Rebellion took place in the infant years of our country. ... The Articles of Confederation were our first try at self-government, and th...

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For example, since farmer possessed little money the merchants offered the articles they needed on short-term credit and accepted any surplus farm goods on a seasonal basis for payment. ... Massachusetts asked the Congress of the Confederation for help but found that once Congress said they would it proved ineffective. ... "We did not intend to destroy law, but only to reform all those laws which were oppressive" said one Shaysite farmer.16 The Importance of Shays" Rebellion was not so much the acts of rebellion themselves but how it pointed out the weakness of the Articles of Confederation ...

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They needed a government that had a congress with powers to deal with an internal uprising because one of the biggest problems they had was when this rebellion arose, Massachusetts had turned to the Confederation Congress and asked for appropriations of men and arms from the other states. ... They saw that it was then clear they needed a strong centralized government that has a congress with the powers to deal with internal rebellion. 2) There is a call for a meeting to amend the Articles of Confederation. ...

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