Which event is associated with revising the Articles of Confederation?

• A. Constitutional Convention
• B. Bill of Rights
• C. Declaration of Independence
• D. Constitutional Congress

Answer: (A)

The event that is connected with revising the Articles of Confederation is the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The Articles had created a very weak national government, which couldn’t tax, regulate commerce, or effectively coordinate among states. To solve these problems, delegates from the states gathered with the plan to revise the Articles, but they ended up drafting a new framework for the United States—the Constitution. This new framework established three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, addressing the weaknesses the Articles left uncorrected.

The Bill of Rights came later as the first ten amendments to the Constitution, protecting individual rights after the new framework was in place. The Declaration of Independence, drafted years earlier, proclaimed the colonies’ independence from Britain rather than addressing how the new government would be organized. The term Constitutional Congress isn’t the standard name for this event; the meeting is known as the Constitutional Convention (also called the Philadelphia Convention), not a separate congress.