What was the initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention? (1 point)

Question

Oto write the Constitution

Oto rably the Constitution

Oto amend the Constitution

to amend the Articles of Confederation

So long as any individual state has power to defeat the measures of the other twelve, our pretended union is but a name, and our confederation, a cobweb.

-Noah Webister

What fundamental problem did Noah Webster see in the Articles of Confederation?

(1 point)

that the states would have no way to stop the central goverment from imposing harsh taxes on them

Othat small states would have just as much say in the government as larger staties

Othat the central government would always fauce large states over the smaller states when disputes broke out

that states would atworys work in their own self-etarest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whicle

Answer 1

1. The initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation.

2. The fundamental problem that Noah Webster saw in the Articles of Confederation was that states would always work in their own self-interest even if it meant harm to the nation as a whole.