Everyone knows of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. They are so popular primarily because of how great these two documents were. However, upon hearing the Articles of Confederation, many people raise their eyebrows in confusion. The Articles of Confederation are not quite popular, and one reason may be because of how horrible of a failure they were. Surprisingly enough, many Americans were actually in favor of the Articles of Confederation, saying that they …showed first 75 words of 701 total…

…showed last 75 words of 701 total…thus making them seem like small countries, but it also showed other countries and lands how weak America had become upon gaining their freedom. No one in America knew how to rule a country, so it appears that the Articles of Confederation was almost a practice run. The men of Congress finally showed the intelligence they did truly have when they got rid of the articles entirely and instead created something new -- the Constitution.