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Why weren’t the Articles of Confederation successful in governing the new nation?

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In general, any confederation is weak. In a confederation, nearly everyone has to agree for something to be passed, such as a law. So the Articles of Confederation were very weak.

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Because it gave the most of the power to the states and made the central federal government very weak, causing the nation to not be able to work as a whole.
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