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Following the American Revolution, the newly created United States was in the need of a government. The first attempt to a national government was known as the Articles of Confederation. It was first drafted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1777. This first draft was prepared by a man named John Dickinson in 1776. The Articles were then ratified by the thirteen states in 1781. It purposely did not give the central government (Congress) all the power in the fear of tyranny in Britain. Instead the sovereign states due to the Article of Confederation held most of the power. However, from 1781 to 1789, the Articles of Confederation tied the states together so that they can make decisions that would allow the United States to slowly expand and grow. Although the Article of Confederation proved to provide the people with equality and liberty, expansion of lands, and let the states to rule themselves, it nation lack centralization, and as a result, the United States was confronted with many domestic and foreign problems. The Articles of Confederation created a legislature in which each state was represented equally. Every single state in the United States had a vote which allowed them