Articles of Confederation

Instructions: Walk through and visit each group’s summary. Put information from each group on either side of the T-chart below.

“Pros” of the Articles of Confederation “Cons” of the Articles of Confederation
• A congressional system
• State v State resolution systems
• These rules can’t be changed and if they want to be changed then it must be agreed to
• Market control over how states interact with each other
• States can regulate their own goods
• Previous debts are accounted for • Delegates are protected from crimes meaning they can be more corrupt without punishment
• Congress divides what’s gained during war, this makes it easy for biases to effect things.
• Congress has a lot of control and nothing to control them
• Unequal rights to different classes
• Only one vote per state