AMENDMENT 2 OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

Amendment 2 of the U.S. Constitution

Amendment 2 of the U.S. Constitution

Faced with the problems of governing the newly-formed United States due to deficiencies with the Articles of Confederation, in March 1785 a number of people from Virginia and Maryland met at the Mount Vernon Conference to resolve these weaknesses. This was followed with another meeting at Annapolis the following year which called for a convention of the thirteen states to fix these serious weaknesses critical for the country to survive.

Major problems included the inability to provide security against foreign invasion or to check quarrels between ...