Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 17: Commentaries on the Constitution (5), 1 April – 9 May 1788 | A | Articles of Confederation
– defects of [23 references]
– need for limited amendments [5 references]
– drafters of had too much confidence in people [1 reference]
– short life of [1 reference]
– praise of limited power given to central government at inception [1 reference]
– destroyed by Constitutional Convention [1 reference]
– violation of by Constitutional Convention [4 references]
– not responsible for postwar problems [1 reference]
– independence of U.S. endangered under [2 references]
– collapse of [1 reference]
– created a federal government [1 reference]
– exaggeration of problems of [1 reference]
– provisions of [17 subentries]
See also Amendments to Articles of Confederation
See also Congress under Articles of Confederation