After we won our independence from Britain in 1787 the founding fathers wrote the articles of confederation. After a few year it became apparent that this government would not work so the founding fathers met again to "fix" the articles. They eventually decided to scrap the articles completely and after a great deal of debate created what is now the United States Constitution.
The articles of confederation gave way too much power to the states, each operated like a separate nation and were starting to get into serious trouble. Because every state put its issues over the nations overall, everyone suffered. The founding fathers knew this and strengthened the federal government. Under this new system everyone can still put their say in yet still serve the nations overall benefit.
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