Civics Why did the nation's leaders decide that the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a new
constitution?
O to end taxation by the central government
to unite in independence against Britain
O to fix weaknesses in the central government
O to provide more power to individual states

O to fix weaknesses in the central government

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.