Part one of term paper
In 1781, the ratified a weaker version of the Articles of Confederation. The ratification put all of the thirteen states under one central government. The Articles reserved to each state “it’s sovereignty, freedom, and independence” and established a government in which Americans were citizens of their own states first and then of the ...

Part two of term paper
... was no authority to regulate trade, which is apparent that the Articles of Confederation had created problems. One, of which these reasons are, is that it allowed every state one vote no matter how big or small it was. For example, Rhode Island being the smallest state had the same amount of votes as that of New York (being one of the largest states). Also, it stated that every state must ALL agree to pass a law or tax, making it impossible for anything to be passed if one state had any complain o ...