Articles Failure

The main purpose of this video is to inform the reader of the many aspects of the Articles of the Confederation.  The Articles of the Confederation were not well liked; as a result, Federalism was created.  There are three main points to the Articles of the Confederations: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good is the law of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.  Furthermore, there was only the Legislative Branch, and voting power was equal among the states.

Now, for the bad.  The bad side of the Articles described a lack of a President, court system, army, and applicable monetary system.  Also, Congress need 3/4 votes of all the 13 states just to pass laws and all votes to amend the Articles.  In most cases, attaining this amount of votes is impossible.

Finally, the ugly.  The Articles of the Confederation were held responsible for many unfair crimes such as taxation without representation.  One man, in particular, confronted the government regarding these crimes with mobs; his names was Shay, and his revolution would be known as "Shay's Rebellion."  The state governments that Shay confronted tried to call the Federal Government as a form or protection; unfortunately, as a result of Federalism, the Federal Government did not have enough power to do anything.  Shay's Rebellion had some success; his rebellion scared people such as Alexander Hamilton.  Fearful of this change, Hamilton wrote the Federalist Papers; these papers proposed that a new bill be written; one that will replace the Articles of the Confederation.  With these papers, the US Constitution was written.