Why did the nation’s leaders decide that the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution?

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government was too weak to address important problems, such as raising money through taxes or regulating trade. Leaders decided to replace the Articles with a Constitution that gave the central government more power to function effectively. Therefore, the correct answer is “to fix weaknesses in the central government.”

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