One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they provided for

The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts

Weakness Fact 1

there was only one vote per state, regardless of its size

Weakness Fact 2

No power to regulate commerce or trade between the states, each state could put taxes on trade btwn states

Weakness Fact 3

national gov't didn't have power to tax. Revenue comes from states

Weakness Fact 4

Couldn't force states to obey its laws and taxation was ignored because they could not be enforced

Weakness Fact 5

No national army or navy

Weakness Fact 6

No national courts

Weakness Fact 7

Each state has own paper money

Weakness Fact 8

No prez, lacked strength and solid leader

Weakness Fact 9

No power to raise money to pay for action against border encroachments

Weakness Fact 10

Any changes to Articles required unanimous vote leading to long delays in implementation