Why Was the Articles of Confederation Unsuccessful? The Hidden Flaws That Doomed America’s First Government
The Articles of Confederation was supposed to be America’s bridge to independence—a fragile but functional framework to unite 13 newly sovereign states. Instead, it became a cautionary tale of what happens when a nation’s governing document is built on compromise without cohesion. By 1787, the system was so broken that states ignored federal requests for … Read more
