1The power of the Executive Branch is vested in thePresident of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. ... Fifteen executive departments — each led by an appointed member of the President's Cabinet — carry out the day-to-day administration of the federal government
The Articles of Confederation provided for a government. It contained no official role for a President.
They had strong believes against dictatorship in government.