Strengths: could declare war, create post offices, kept the colonies united during the American Revolution, coin and borrow money, admit new states, sell land, Weaknesses: only one branch of government, no executive (president), no Supreme Court, required unanimous approval for changing the Articles of Confederation, national government could not enforce laws, difficult to make new laws which required 9/13 states to agree, could not settle disputes among the states, could not tax , could not control trade,

Articles of Confederation Strengths and Weaknesses

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