After the independence of the United States was a good thing, but at the same time there were problems with the creation of the nation. First problems began with the Articles of Confederation because in 1777, the Articles of Confederation established a weak confederal Government that operated until 1789. The articles were a compilation of plans written by the Governors of each of the thirteen colonies. Although it was an important step toward unification successful, the weakness of those articles was giving no importance to all the problems of the young country. This document, however, would not be effective without the ratification of the thirteen States. In addition, as the states did not want to give too much power to a central authority, the Articles of Confederation left the central government very weak to govern effectively. Under these articles, the Congress did not have the authority to levy taxes or regulate the business and trade. The Congress depended on the contributions of the states, which did not always pay. As a result, Congress did not have money to operate fluently. Commercial disputes between States were commonplace due to the different rates that were imposed to Interstate commerce and abroad. Also from its terms diplomatic and military, the Congress had …show more content…
During the debate on the ratification of the Constitution, figures revolutionary famous such as Patrick Henry declared publicly against the Constitution. They argued that the strong national Government proposed by the federalists was a threat to individual rights and that the President would become a King, and objected to the federal judicial system proposed by the Constitution. Individualism was the strong opposition element; the necessity, or at least the desire, of a bill of rights was almost universally felt, and the anti-federalists were able play with these sentiments at the Massachusetts ratification