So long as any individual state has power to defeat the measures of the other twelve, our pretended union is but a name, and our confederation, a cobweb.

Question

What fundamental problem did Noah Webster see in the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 1

Noah Webster saw a fundamental problem in the Articles of Confederation regarding the lack of a strong central government that could enforce the decisions and measures taken by the confederation. He believed that if any individual state had the power to defeat or ignore the decisions and measures made by the other twelve states, then the concept of union was merely a name, and the confederation was weak and ineffective.