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A set of laws where two levels of government shared fundemental powers.State governments ruled in some situations, the federal government in others.
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Northerners didn't mind losing access to the Mississippi River in exchange for more profits. The western and southern states didn't agree. The government was too weak to resolve the problem
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Poor farmers protested against debt collectors, endangering property and the nation's reputation as it made the government seem weak.
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Delegates from every state except Rhode island gathered to create a new form of government and argued over how representation should be divided among the states.
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Nine of the states had to approve of the constitution for it to be ratified.
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The majority of the states excepted the Constitution, putting the new government into effect.
