<em>If they wouldn't have invented a compass, travel will be more difficult because you wouldn't know which way you are going.</em><span />
Answer:
It was ratified on "March 1, 1781", they had to be replaced by the Constitution post the "Constitutional Convention in 1787". The constitution came to effect by replacing the articles in 1789, as the articles had a number of weaknesses as they gave states too much power, specifically more than the federal government
