Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

The main problems with the Articles of Confederation involved the economy, national leadership, and legislation.

According to Article IX, the national government and each state could create their own currency. This made it difficult to trade because of the different currencies. Also, Congress did not have any power to place taxes. Instead, they had to ask states for money and they could not always get the money on time so we were in debt for a long time.

There was also no judiciary system within the national government in the Articles of Confederation. Article IV states that each state has its own judicial affairs. In addition, there was no executive branch and no president. This meant that our foreign affairs were very difficult to keep up.

It was also very hard to pass amendments for the Articles of Confederation because the vote had to be unanimous and it was, and still is, difficult to have every state agree on something. It also was frustrating for the people because each state only got one vote according to Article V. This was frustrating because one state may have half the population of another but still stopped a law from passing.