After the United States won its independence from England in 1781, many Americans felt as stronger allegiance to their individual state rather than their newly established country.
Articles of Confederation, established as a result of most citizens not wanting a strong central government, gave a great deal of independence to individual states.
The Articles of Confederation were considered too weak to run the United States federal system of government. A group of men assembled to discussed the nation's issues where the Constitution of the United States was drafted.