The Articles of confederation was weak. To summarize, it essentially gave states much more power than the federal government; only states could raise taxes and there were no president during this. It was until shays rebellion that the founding fathers realized they needed a new constitution.
Strengths- won revolutionary war, banned slavery in northwest territory and created northwest ordinance of 1787
They wanted to end the influence of big business, they wanted the government to own railroads, telephone, and telegraph systems, backed the 8 hour work day, and limits on immigration.
