The articles of confederation is a written document that accepted the functions of the national government of the united states after it declared independence from great Britain. The articles of confederation was an agreement among the 13 colonies (original states), that served as its first constitution. The articles formed a wartime confederation of states, with a limited central government. The Constitutional Convention was made to examine and fix the weak government that remained under the Articles of Confederation. The Constitutional Convention is also what made the Constitution. The Constitution is what established the American government and America’s fundamental law, and it assured certain basic rights for American citizens. This convention,
