Why did the Articles of Confederation fail to serve as a lasting constitution for the United States?
Articles of Confederation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Articles of ConfederationThe Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, was the first governing document of the United States of America. The Articles, which combined the Thirteen Colonies of the American Revolutionary War into a loose confederation, were adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after months of debate. The Articles were ratified three years later on March 1, 1781. The Articles were replaced (due to concerns over a weak central government, a lack of union among the colonies, and Shays’s Rebellion) by the United States Constitution on June 21, 1788, when the ninth state, New Hampshire, ratified the Constitution. Contents [hide] 1 Ratification 2 Article summaries 3 The end of the war 4 Function 5 Revision 6 Signatures 7 Presidents of the Congress of the Confederation 8 Notes 9 References 10 External li
