... opted for a Republic. A Republic, or representative democracy, allowed the government to check the common people as well as give them a voice in national/state matters. The Articles of Confederation were in desperate need of revision. The Articles were established under the pretense that a weaker government was better. The Americans were still returning home from the battles ... under its domain. The colonists were in no hurry to subject themselves to a monarchy after they had fought so hard for freedom of tyranny. The Articles of Confederation were proposed in 1781 as the governing poli...

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