Describe two limitations in the Articles of Confederation.The Arts. of Confed. spelled out states' power and Congress' powers, serving as the gov...

As you indicate, there were many ways in which the
Articles of Confederation set up a national government that was too weak.  Two of the
major limitations on the national government were that it A) had no executive branch and
B) did not have the power to tax the people.

The lack of an
executive branch meant that the national government could do little or nothing to carry
out the laws that it made.  This meant that it would have to rely on states to enforce
the laws and the states could simply ignore laws if they did not like
them.

The inability to tax meant that there was no way that
the government could reliably raise revenue to fund any government operations (even
essential ones such as defense).  The national government had to ask the states for
money and the states could easily refuse.

These were two of
the major ways in which the national government was limited under the Articles of
Confederation.