The Americans won a war that no human would believe they would win. The first Americans were under the control of the British Empire and had to follow certain laws. America had to do further business if they wanted to come through and survive the future that was ahead of them. After the Revolution, the United States faced plentiful times, and they faced times that were at a low state. With the United States being a new-found country, they were at a standstill because they didn’t quite know what to do. The United States didn’t start out with a central government or much support to help them, but the United States did have the Articles of Confederation. These articles were not a lot of help to the people living and running the country, In return these articles slowly took out the support of the country. The United States soon faced an economic crisis, military weakness, and interstate conflict. Most of these problems left people doubting their new country and made many people ashamed of what may happen. The U.S. government struggled to levy taxes within America. By struggling to levy taxes, the war debt was starting to overrun our government. In the meanwhile, our country was not just struggling financially, they were also not cooperating with each other. In the beginning, the federal government gave the power to the states too powerful to handle, because of their freedom they made decisions that the feds could not control. The government had many issues with little control factors that they n
eeded to settle. Each singular state had its difficulties with each other, and it started an uproar. The states were slowly starting to shut all trades through their borders and even some travel; consequently, this made enemies with some states and started a lot of bickering. The United States has small states and large states. So the men at the convention struggled against each other because some were big state folks and others were small. There were also struggles within the National vs. the State Government and the Executive Branch that these bright individuals had to solve. The Articles of Confederation were not strong enough and stable enough to control a large country, by this it caused more issues than it solved. This is why many educated men, such as Alexander Maddison, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, came together as one to try to fix these issues within these articles. By setting up a meeting for a convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 55 brilliant men came together to fix many issues. With the calling of this convention, The men didn’t think that they were here to strip the Articles of Confederation all the way down and build from the ground up and restart. Abolishing the Articles of Confederation Has been and still is the best idea that the American government could have done. By making these decisions, It then created one of the most powerful countries in the world. Step by step, these 55 men came closer and closer to fixing all the issues in the Articles of Confederation.