HIST 405 - Historical Essay1 HIST-405-2-2-3-- Confederation and Constitution The Articles of Confederation, the nations first constitution, was drafted after the American colonists declared independence from Britain (Keene, Cornell, & O’Donnell, 2013). From the beginning, the Articles of Confederation had many problems. The Articles of Confederation gave each state sovereignty, power, jurisdiction, and freedom. It kept the national government very weak, only allowing the national govern...