The Articles of Confederation introduced thirteen different articles that granted powers to the states and to the federal government. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated
The most significant weakness with the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government held little to no power and the individual state governments held all the power. This was a problem because country was disunited and unbalanced
