tures. The Articles, however, had no provision for a federal executive. Committees of Congress executed the laws. Besides the aforementioned, there are many other ways the Articles differed from the Constitution. The Founding Fathers recognized these flaws or discrepancies in the government and sought out to change them. The Founding Fathers knew we needed a "more perfect union." How would they achieve that? Well, they realized we needed the power to tax. The Articles allowed no power to tax. They wanted a strong, effective central government. There was a weak central government under the Articles. Everyone agreed that the constitution had to be fair to all. Larger states could not have more power over smaller states.
             Even though the Articles were far from being successful, they also weren't a complete failure. They gave the United States a good starting point. There were three important ordinances that were formulated and retained by both the Articles and Constitution.
             The ordinance of 1784, based on a proposal by Thomas Jefferson, divided the western territory into ten self-governing districts, each of which could petition Congress for statehood when its population equaled the number of free inhabita
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