Articles of Confederation

 The Articles failed for many reasons. Mainly because each state tried to solely run itself. They believe theres no purpose in following one government so each state created laws each citizen had to abide by.  The only purpose the states would come together is if there was a threat to the whole United States. These connections became very lose and the articles became known as " a firm league of friendship" (III) Another reason it didn't run so smoothly is because the government did not have the power to tax citizens, so what could they do without any money?  Lastly, in the Articles of confederation you need a unanimous vote, with larger states this made everything much difficult because not everyone had the same intentions on what they believed.