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By 1785, many prominent politicians in the U.S. were worried. They felt that the new country was in serious trouble and that the new government, created by the Articles of Confederation, wasn’t working. For this purpose, a national meeting in Philadelphia was called to change or revise the Articles of Confederation. This meeting, also referred to as the Constitutional Convention, began in May of 1787. Its original purpose was just to change the Articles of Confederation, not to write a new Constitution. The convention lasted until September 1787, and the delegates actually overstepped their authority and voted to approve a new constitution for the country, which changed the country from a confederation to a federation.