Winfield Scott, a General-in-Chief for the U.S. Union Army, came up with the Anaconda Plan to blockade the Southern waterways of the Mississippi and patrol the Mississippi river, in an attempt to split Confederate forces. The main drawback of the plan, although initiated from the onset, was that is was nearly an impossible task to accomplish due to the size of the Mississippi River.
Explanation: The eleven years of elapse between the signing of the Constitution and the declaration of independence were not years of a political stability and economic growth. Were years of a lot of problems focusing mainly on these issues.