As we celebrate 250 years of the great American experiment in ordered liberty, it is instructive to remember that, in the late 18th century, it was hardly a foregone conclusion that the original 13 colonies-turned-states could forge a workable alliance. It was difficult enough to convince the many loyalists to England – maybe half the colonial population at the time – that a revolution was necessary, but getting the colonies to agree to a single document without surrendering their autonomy became a herculean task.
Lengthy and arduous debate resulted in a document that even anti-government types will admit was too weak to effectively govern such a newly established, immense, and diverse country accustomed to comfortable British paternalism. But the Founders, driven to revolt by the increasingly tyrannical rule of King George III, were in no mood to grant any more power than what was absolutely necessary to another central authority. And so, the Articles of Confederation were established in 1781, creating a relatively feeble central government with most power granted to the states.
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