The Articles Of Confederation And The Failure Of The Constitution

National identity is defined as the sense of a nation as a cohesive whole. Sure, the colonists knew that they wanted more freedom and their own government, but their first attempt at such a government, the Articles of Confederation, was a failure. What they wanted as the nation of the United States of America would remain hazy until the founding fathers sat down and wrote the Constitution. The Constitution reflects the emerging sense of the American identity to the greatest original extent: acting as the catalyst of the American identity. Before this identity, there were just 13 states with independent legislation-- all uneasy about the idea of a national overarching government. After the way Britain had treated the Americans, many of the citizens