The best reason why direct democracy would not work well in the United States is that "<span>large groups of voters would be difficult to manage", since the population of Ancient Greece, where it was practiced, was much smaller than the current US population.</span>
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The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.