Challenges of the Articles of Confederation [AP Government Review, Unit 1 Topic 4] 

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In this video Heimler walks you through Unit 1 Topic 4 of the AP Government curriculum. It deals with challenges to the Articles of Confederation. Under this confederated system of government, most of the power was kept by the states and very little was given to the federal (central) government.
The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation included no executive branch, no judicial branch, no national army, no ability for Congress to raise revenue through taxes, etc. When Congress was unable to pay its bills and additional pressure was added through Shays's Rebellion, delegates gathered at the Constitutional Convention to hash out a new Constitution that would shore up the weaknesses of the Articles.