The Articles of Confederation was a formal document that set the functions of the national government of the United States after the declaration of independence from Great Britain. It laid the foundations for a weak central government that managed to prevent the individual states from conducting their own foreign diplomacy, though not always entirely. As the conflict became more intense, many American leaders saw the advantage of having a central government that could coordinate the Revolutionary War.
The Doctrine of Enlargement was a <span> a foreign policy stance that assumes the interests of many nations can be met without engagement in nation building.</span>
