<span>True, increased world competition is one way that farming in the United States changed in the late 1800s.</span>
The nation's leaders decide to meet to reexamine the Articles of Confederation because there was evident weakness with regards to how the <span>national government solved trade and economic problems. The Articles of Confederation served as the United States' first constitution, with the 13 original states approving the document. Its guiding principle lies in the preservation of sovereignty and independence of the states.</span>
