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All of the thirteen states ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781. This document simply supported the ideas set forth by the central government some time before. The details were not well thought out, as they did not allow for changes in the future. Even though the Articles of Confederation created a basis for a central government, the areas of economic conditions and foreign relations were not sufficiently written or managed to provide growth. Under the …

…little to improve economic conditions and foreign relations; it failed to provide government of them in the future. These two issues are very closely related. The economy depends on foreign relations and foreign relations depend on the economy. It is like a two-sided balance, if one side fails or weakens the other does too. As more and more changes occurred in the states, it became increasingly clearer that a new constitution needed to be drafted.