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The Articles of Confederation, America's first constitution, was ratified in 1781, in the middle of the Revolutionary War. This document acted as the United States' initial framework of government before the current constitution was adopted in 1789. However, the Articles faced severe criticism for its structural weaknesses, the most problematic of which was the difficulty in getting laws passed. The core of the issue lay in the deliberate construction of a weak central government. The memory of the British monarchy's oppression was fresh in the minds of the newly independent Americans, who were wary of a strong centralized authority. Hence,…