The Constitution was not the Unites States' first established government. After the colonists won the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation were written as the United States' first independent government. The articles didn't last long. They were soon replaced by the Constitution; which is still in effect today. The men who wrote the Articles of Confederation still had the Revolutionary War burned freshly into their minds. Their fear of having a government similar to that …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…State's government, there were just too many weaknesses to simply amend them. The Articles of Confederation had to be replaced in order to place an executive branch and a judicial branch into power; as well as to give the government the power to control the economy and tax the people. <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>