To say that the Articles of Confederation provided the United States of America with effective government would be an overstatement. For most people today, an effective government would be one that was able to govern large numbers of people while being politically correct by overturning decisions on issues while keeping the law in mind, while keeping the benefit of the common good at the forefront. But the Articles of Confederation were not written in our day, so these ideals of competent government were not entirely applicable. For most people, an effective government was one that could govern large numbers of people, while granting many rights to states and citizens, while still being able to keep everything under control. This would have eliminated any possibility of a federal government becoming too strong or resembling a monarchy. However, the Articles of Confederation did few of these things. The Articles of Confederation were ineffective because they provided for a weak central government, did not provide authority to settle border disputes, and ultimately led to civil unrest that included incidents such as Shays' Rebellion. Other countries have not respected the United States of America. because they had not established a strong central government. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government was limited in what it could actually do. The Articles of Confederation established a government composed of a body of delegates from a single house, with each state having one vote, acting collectively, being able to make decisions on certain matters affecting all the states. There was no president or judiciary, so any decision required the vote of nine of the thirteen states. At present, the United States of America... middle of paper ... regards the charms of freedom as imaginary and deceptive. » In this document, John Jay expresses his fear that good-hearted workers will lose confidence in prominent social figures, thereby provoking civil unrest. He shows his concern that before they had a goal or cause, that is, independence, and they were not just going with the flow. Daniel Shays was an American soldier, revolutionary, and farmer, famous for being one of the leaders of Shays' Rebellion, an uprising against oppressive debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. Instead of approaching the issue in a formal and polite manner, they went straight to the source: the courts. Shays' Rebellion closed the courts, stopped proceedings, and prevented the courts from collecting bankruptcies. This proved to the working class that something had to be done against the government, otherwise there would be constant revolts..