Articles of Confederation Failure

      The Articles of Confederation were the written documents that established the actions of the government of the United States after they had declared independence from Great Britain. There were many reasons as to why the Articles of Confederation failed. These articles had given immoderate powers to the State Governments, which lead to an imbalance of power throughout the country. Also, the states had all rights to pass or enact their own laws and rules. The United States was unable to pay it's debts because congress could not tax the people and depend on money from the states. One last reason the Articles of Confederation was a failure, was that the states had a surplus of power while the national government was weak.