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title: "Why were the Articles of Confederation abandoned?"  
description: "Why were the Articles of Confederation abandoned?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42164/why-were-the-articles-of-confederation-abandoned  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why were the Articles of Confederation abandoned? 

Why were the [Articles](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41860/by-1786-why-did-many-merchants-want-the-articles-of-confederation-to-be-replaced) of Confederation abandoned?


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