<span>The Articles of Confederation were written documentation that laid out the purpose of the new national government of the US once it was independent from Great Britain an in control of itself. In essence, these articles were the Constitution prior to it's existence.</span>
Tradition
They like to keep tradition going
The question is kinda lacking. Probably, it has choices to make the question answerable.
During the 1600s and 1700s, Prussian kings built a strong nation by <u>industry</u>. :)