Article+of+Confederation

The Article of Confederation was the first written document where colonist wrote about how they want the country to be. In addition the Article of Confederation fail because it lack of a strong central government. Also the Article of Confederation gave the power mainly to the state. Colonist decide to had a weak central because they didn't want to a go back to a dictatorship like they used to had with British. On the other hand, Shay Rebellion proof the need of a strong central government in the country.