Introduction to the Articles of Confederation: To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting.

Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

Preamble to the U. S. Constitution:
We the Peopleof the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Which statement best describes how the Preamble to the U. S. Constitution prepared the nation to operate as a country rather than a collection of states?

The federal government will take over all state functions.
The focus is on unity and the best interests of the nation.
The states are made the focus of the new government.
The country will discourage interactions with other nations.