Origins+of+American+Government

The Articles of Confederation went into affect in 1781. No President or Executive Branch -Government has no leader -No one to enforce the laws No National Court System -No one has a final say on what the Articles mean. No Officials to enforce laws No Power to Tax -No ability to collect taxes No Power to Regulate Trade -No illegal things can be traded -No inflation No power to establish National Armed Forces -Makes the country weak and dependent on the states. No Easy way to pass laws -Good laws are not passed and nothing get done They had to have 13 states
 * __KNOW THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION!__

__FEDERALIST 10 is IMPORTANT!__ James Madison wrote the federalists paper No. 10 it was written to address the question of how to guard against "factions". Madison felt that a strong and large republic would be a better way to guard against the dangers than a smaller republic.**