After the failure of the articles of confederation, the founders adopted a form of government, strong enough to maintain order but not to dominate the states.

Once the Articles of Confederation failed, the founding fathers developed a federal form of government. This is because the Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states and they wanted to fix this by giving more power to the federal government but still grant some power to the states.

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