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Our Wonderful Constitution
By Phyllis Naegeli |
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1 America was born on July 4, 1776. We declared we were a new, free country. But we had to fight for our freedom. The American Revolution lasted seven years. Now we needed a new government. Men from each state met and wrote the rules the states would follow. These rules were called "The Articles of Confederation." This created a central government, but it didn't work. Each state was like a separate country. The central government could make laws. But nobody had to obey them. In 1787, fifty-five men met to make some changes to the articles. Instead, they started from scratch.