The nationalist movement for a stronger government was not a reaction to excesses following the revolution, rather, it was a reaction to inadequacies. The Articles of Confederation gave the United States Congress almost no power in making decisions that would determine the laws of the country and taxation. The nationalist movement led to the constitutional convention that founded the United States Constitution that ultimately replaced the Articles of Confederation. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress …showed first 75 words of 681 total…

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