Constitution Study
The Constitution Problems with theArticles of Confederation No executive branch to enforce laws or court system to interpret laws Legislative Congress was only entity of national government, but had no power to force states to do anything Control of taxes and tariffs was left to the states Each state had its own currency States fought each other over everything, including boundaries Delegates Meet Delegates met n May 1787 to fix Articles of Confederation Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were in Europe The delegates decided to throw out Articles and start over All agreed that they needed a stronger federal government with a legislature, an executive branch and a court system Disputes and Compromises