Art. V. Con. 3

The major defects in the Articles were:

1. The government under the Articles did not have an executive branch. The Congress under the Articles could make laws, but it had no way to enforce them; it had to depend upon the states to serve as the executive branch.

2. Second, there was no judiciary branch to settle disputes between the states, between the states and the central government, or to protect the rights of individual citizens.

3. Next, the government under the Articles did not have the ability to regulate the economy in order to bring financial stability to the county.During this time period there were at least two important areas where Congress needed control:

1. First Congress needed the ability to regulate the money supply:

(l ) by being able to control the amount and the value of money printed , and

(2) it needed to be able to raise money by having control over taxation.

Under the Articles, the states could print their own money and determine the value of other money used within its borders. At the same time the central government could levy no taxes on individuals or upon the states.

Finally, the Congress needed the ability to regulate interstate trade and trade between the states and foreign countries. The fourth weakness was a lack of flexibility in the Articles, in that it could not adjust to the needs of the people and the states.

The Articles were impossible to amend because it took unanimous consent of the states to make any modification. The last weakness was that the Articles did not provide for a bill of rights to guarantee the rights of the people . It appears that, at the time the

Articles were drafted, it was not felt necessary because the state of the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to constitutions all provided a bill of rights. Because regulate and stabilize society, economically, socially and politically , chaos broke out within the states.

This made the states realize the need for a stronger government and, therefore, our present-day Constitution was created.