Analyzing the Weakness of the Articles of Confederation

As weak as it was, the Articles of Confederation surprisingly addressed a couple of issues that were crucial to take care of at that time. Somewhere in between the ideas of Independence and Unity, there were a couple of features that needed to be dealt with. Out of the many kinds of problems that had to be confronted, two of the most crucial ones were western lands and economic conditions.

The western lands were debated upon by many people. If anyone wanted to open a settlement in the new lands, it would have to be at least 6 square miles, and there would have to be a special area set aside for schools. Congress took steps in the 1760’s to develop a process a land would have to go through to be admitted as a state of the United States of America. This rule applied to land above the Ohio River, and the slave policies in these new lands would be determined by the population majority of that land.

The conditions of the economy were very depressed. Inflation rose immediately