Background
Also known as perpetual union, Articles of confederation involved uniting the 13 states in the United States of America who had become free from being ruled by the British. During this period, the Americans were scared of having a powerful central government. As a result, the articles were mainly meant to impede the establishment of a stronger central government. In these articles, the government had the freedom, sovereignty and independence but no power for enforcing the actions it carried out. It mainly involved agreements agreed upon by the thirteen sovereign states also, resulting into the first constitution they had. The first draft ...