The articles gave very little power to the central government and more to the states. Therefore, when the government leaders were trying fix the articles, they really had no power to. That is why, when the leaders had the Constitutional Convention, instead of changing the articles, they had to completely throw out the articles and start over.
It made it harder for immigrants to become citizens and made it so the president could imprison non citizens.
The American Revolution was precipitated, in part, by a series of laws passed between 1763 and 1775 that regulating trade and taxes. This legislation caused tensions between colonists and imperial officials, who made it clear that the British Parliament would not address American complaints that the new laws were onerous. British unwillingness to respond to American demands for change allowed colonists to argue that they were part of an increasingly corrupt and autocratic empire in which their traditional liberties were threatened. This position eventually served as the basis for the colonial Declaration of Independence<span>.</span>
