The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts.
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One could argue that one similarity that Britain and the West Indies had with the New England colonies was that they all shared in the same "triangle trade", which brought large amounts of slaves to the Caribbean and large amounts of sugar and other products to Britain.
Edo period when Japan was under Sakoku and built themselves off of Dutch Studies.
