Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

            The Articles of Confederation was basically the first constitution of the United States.  The Articles of Confederation failed for many reasons.  Some of the reasons that contributed to its failure were that it was weak and could not collect taxes nor amend articles with unanimous votes. The Articles of Confederation was too weak because the people of the United States wanted to do everything in their power to prevent a monarchy from occurring at this point.  Because the Articles of Confederation was too weak, it could not accomplish certain things that were necessary such as collect taxes and amend articles with unanimous votes.  Without the ability to collect taxes, the government would always be short of funds.  After the war, many debts needed to be paid and because the government could not collect taxes, paying them became a major issue.  The Articles of Confederation could had trouble amending articles because they could not do so unanimously and without nine out of the thirteen states agreeing with the possible amendment.  Because of these rules, amendments were never made and in a constantly growing and changing nation, that would have been a severe issue. Overall, the Articles of Confederation was considerably weak, leading to its inevitable downfall.