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Articles of Confederation - this was our first constitution (law of the land). It was great failure. Why were the Articles a tremendous failure. Give 5 example. Just bullet points.

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Step-by-step explanation:

- Was crafted in order to keep the national Government as weak as possible.

-Each state had their own money system.

-The central government didn't have enough power to collect taxes

- Each state only had 1 vote in Congress

- The Central government couldn't control foreign trading within the states.

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