Why The Elites Fail

I believe they failed because they did not manage to convince the elites of society that their interests would be protected by the sorts of governments that sprang up under the Articles. During the time that the US was under the Articles, there were various kinds of economic problems. The state governments' responses to the problems (spurred by the demands of the common people who were being hurt most by the problems) hurt the interests of the elites. They also convinced the elites that the nation would not be able to prosper economically under the sorts of governments that would take those steps. So, the Articles failed because the elites who took the most interest in government felt that the governments were