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Confederation and Constitution
The document discusses the transition from the Articles of Confederation to the US Constitution. It notes that the Articles of Confederation proved too weak to effectively govern the new country, with problems including debt from the Revolutionary War, economic depression, lack of a strong military, and disorder like Shays' Rebellion. This led to calls for a new Constitutional Convention in 1787 to draft the US Constitution to create a stronger federal government with powers like taxation and control of interstate commerce and foreign trade. The new Constitution was debated and narrowly ratified after compromises over issues like representation.
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