1985 DBQ

Proving that the Articles of the Confederation were an effective government is nearly impossible. In about every way possible, the Confederation failed to act as an effective government. To have an efficient government it must have the following: the power to tax and use taxes, the ability to regulate trade, and the ability to unite its sections under one power. The Articles of the Confederation succeeded in not one of these categories. In 1782 when the …

…to be born. The overall ineffectiveness of the Confederation government brought the possibility for federalism to become the next type of government. Even though many of the reasons the Confederation failed were due to the fact the states feared tyranny from a central government, many were beginning to realize how much a more powerful central government could benefit the nation and allow it to reach it's true potential as a single united nation (Doc H).