Which type of government did the United States use before we ratified the Constitution?

Question

confederation
confederation

federal
federal

parliamentary
parliamentary

unitary

Answer 1

Before the United States ratified the Constitution, the country operated under a system known as a confederation. Specifically, this was established by the Articles of Confederation, which created a weak central government and gave more power to the individual states. The Articles were in effect from 1781 until they were replaced by the current Constitution in 1789.