Select the detail from America's First President: George Washington that explains the government's problems mentioned in Birth of a Nation. (1 point)
In 1786, after a major clash erupted in Massachusetts, Congress decided that a convention be held in Philadelphia.
It was during this convention that the constitutional amendments were developed.
States were fighting over boundaries and refusing to help pay off the debt that the nation had developed during the war.
Years after the war, Washington knew that the structure of government was not working.
