Ways the US Constitution overcame the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were giving Congress the power to tax, creating additional branches of government, and giving the federal government the ability to create an army. Unanimous consent was required to amend the Articles of Confederation. The federal government was given the sole power to regulate trade and alliances with foreign countries. The federal government only consisted of a unicameral legislature. These problems were made worse by a series of economic limitations present in the Articles of Confederation.
Congress could not regulate trade.
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No uniform system of currency. North Carolina's Own Currency.
No power of taxation. Artists' Suffrage League (1907-c.)
The government under the Articles of Confederation could not collect taxes to raise money. Effect: The government could not pay its debts from the Revolutionary War, and America lost standing with other nations.
