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After refusing to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, John Dickinson drafted a proposal for a national constitution. In reply came the Articles of Confederation. Although it was a weakened version of Dickinson’s proposal it was still said to be the first constitution in America. By 1781 all thirteen state legislatures had ratified the Articles of Confederation and it was brought into effect. Under the Articles, Americans were citizens of their own states first and of the United States second. This concept provided the United States with an ineffective government with little power over the states and led to the replacement of the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution of the United States in 1787. The United States were fearful of giving the central government too much power because of what had happened in Great Britain with George III.
Approximate Word count = 550
Approximate Pages = 2.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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