Americans, after gaining independence from England, needed to establish a form of government. Before the end of the war, the Second Congress of the Confederation called for the drafting of a new government to govern this new country, as established by the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation built a government based solely on republican ideals, such as civic virtue, the idea that states and people will make sacrifices for the common good for the benefit of all. Relying on civic virtue has not been as successful for the young country. The Articles of Confederation were successful in organizing and founding states in the Old Northwest, spreading republican ideals; however, the success of the Articles of Confederation was outweighed by its failures. The Articles of Confederation failed to provide the new, young United States with an effective government in its inability to collect tax revenues to pay debts, control mobocratic revolt of distraught factions, and address foreign policy; furthermore, the failure of the Articles of Confederation revealed the inefficiency and failure of republicanism. The Articles of Confederation allowed congress to create successful land policies for the Old Northwest. Several states had large western land claims, such as Massachusetts and Virginia, making small landlocked states with no western land claims feel inferior. These states ceded their lands to the Confederation Congress. (Document E). In this way, he demonstrated that states were capable of giving themselves to the common good, following the republican idea of ​​civic virtue on which the Articles were based. In dealing with the land of the Old Northwest, the Congress of the Confed... middle of paper... food and give them the money that would help build a strong government in foreign affairs, in fact they wouldn't even want their government to be strong in no matter. The Articles of Confederation, the perfect republican government, was not a perfect government. It was defective and ineffective in providing the central government with tax revenue to repay debts, which caused discontent among crowds that the central government would fail to control. The Articles created a weak government that would be easily mistreated by its own people and foreign countries. The reliance on civic virtue succeeded in organized land policies that spread republican ideals; however, it failed to aid the Confederation Congress in tax revenues and control of the mobocracy. The Articles of Confederation were ineffective and flawed with their roots planted solely in republicanism.