Articles Completely Fail, But Why?

The Articles of Confederation were supposed to help our country many, many years ago, but instead, did the complete opposite and failed us. While there were some articles that strengthened our country, there were also some articles that weakened our country and that would ultimately end the articles and there power. Article six and article eleven in my eyes strengthened our country and tried to help, but it seemed as though article three somewhat weakened our country and put the articles in a bad position. 

     "No state, without consent of the United States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance, or treaty with any king, prince, or state... (Article VI). To put this section of article six into more simpler words, the article is saying that without the consent of the US Congress, no state shall dare make a agreement, alliance or treaty with another state or person in power. To me this article truly helped our country because there isn't one person on this earth that wants their mayor to be making deals or anything that comes close to that with another state out of the blue. 

     In article eleven, it says that, "...unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the US and be afterward confirmed by the legislatures of every state." I think that to many, this one just one of the few articles that said that each and every state had to have a unanimous vote that in any way shape or form changed what an article stands for. If one state had an issue, that state couldn't just complain and get there way, they had to see how it would effect every other state that was associated  with the articles.

     Article three in my eyes did the complete opposite that article six and eleven did, and that was instead of strengthen our country, weakened our country. To me, in the late 1700's I don't think that most states wanted to have a forced friendship with one another. "The said states hereby severally [each by itself] enter into a firm league of friendship with each other..." Though one could look at this article as either good or bad, to me it generally said, bad idea. 

     Not every idea can work out, but in the late 1700's our country really needed this idea to work out, but unfortunately it didn't and the articles we're later abolished. Whether they weakened or strengthened our country, it didn't matter because in the end the articles would have to many complications and negative effects on our country and be abolished years later.