Aspects of The Founding Of Our Nations Government The Articles of Confederation were extremely important in the founding of our government today. The Articles gave us a sort of good base to start from, and was ground breaking in the shaping of our new nation. The Articles of Confederation were written by a Second Continental Congressional committee during the early part of the American Revolution in 1777. A report of the proposed articles was presented to the committee by John Dickson (committee head) just eight days after the signing of the Declaration Of Independence. The fear of the 13 colonies was to have a powerful central government, as they did in Great Britain. The Articles were changed drastically by the Continental Congress before they were sent in November of 1777 to all the states for ratification. It tool several years for the ratification to be completed by all the states. The Articles were put into play March 1, 1781The colonists effectively created a central government without sufficient power to govern effectively. Finally a unanimous approval was required to pass Laws at the mercy of the state, the main problem was the governments inability to regulate trade. The states were free from government regulation and could set their own taxes. Taxes on the same goods were different in each state. The inflated taxes, fluctuating from state to state, made interstate commerce very expensive. From all the fluctuation of Taxes and what not, Tariff wars started and tax inflation became too high for trade and brought each state into a hampered economic state.The colonists had good intentions in drafting the first largely experimental constitution, but its application proved to be too troublesome for many reasons. However, as much as the Articles of Confederation were a failure, so also they were a success in providing a solid base from which all other constitu...
