Why didn’t the leaders of the United States opt to simply revise or improve the articles of confederation in 1787? A. The citizens of every state signed petitions demanding that their leaders scribe the articles of confederation and create a new plan of government.

B. The articles of confederation has always been envisioned as a temporary document not a long-term plan for the country’s government.

C. They excepted that the country needed a stronger central government than the one created by the articles of confederation could provide.

D. Great Britain had recognize the weakness of the United States under the articles of confederation and was planning to attack and conquer the country.