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The Articles of Confederation were the first governing document of the new United States. One of the main reasons the Articles of Confederation was ineffective was because

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One of the main reasons the Articles of Confederation was ineffective was because it did not allow the central (national) government to tax the states, which made it impossible for the US to repay its war debt.