Navigation Act, the navigation act meant goods needed to come from britain only. It did not increase tensions.
The reasons why Founding Fathers choose to adopt a Constitution are: First, To give states rights within a nation. Second,To give individual right within their states. Next is to outline the powers of a new federal government. Lastly, the powers of the existing federal government.
Starting even before 1914, the means that a European country use to build up a strong military would be recruiting men and training them, as well as increasing the budget for the military in order to purchase for their weapons. For example, some countries built or bought ships to scare the other countries and to demonstrate power.