Following the end of the Revolutionary War, America needed a government system that was different from the British Government, this led to the birth of the Articles of Confederation. The articles were first reviewed in 1777 in Philadelphia, but it wasn 't until four years later that they were ratified by the existing 13 states. These articles only managed to keep the country together until it was replaced by the superior Constitution in 1789. The main reason the Articles were significantly weak is was that sovereign power in the states was too strong, as mentioned in the 2nd article “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” Seeing as the United States separated from Britain, a monarchy, the first draft of American government did not have a strong centralized government.…