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Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: -Foreign Relations -Economic Conditions -Western Lands

Title: Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: -Foreign Relations -Economic Conditions -Western Lands
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Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: -Foreign Relations -Economic Conditions -Western Lands
America's first form of government was under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was written after the Revolutionary War, compiled of ideas by the Continental Congress. Under the Articles of Confederation its powers included conducting foreign relations, settling disputes between states, controlling maritime affairs, regulating Indian trade, and valuing state and national coinage. It purposely did not give the national government all the power in fear of tyranny like in Britain. In the …showed first 75 words of 690 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 690 total…obviously inadequate. Congress was not allowed to levy taxes, nor was it able to impose its will on the states to establish a commercial policy. The Articles of Confederation, led the economy into a depression. The Continental Congress gave little power under the Articles of Confederation to the central government in fear of tyranny. In the end it only proved that too little power is not sufficient in controlling both economic conditions and foreign relations.

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