The gears were turning to create a new government rather slowly, and Alexander Hamilton proposed a convention to fix the Articles. This may have been illegal at the time, but the Congress resolved to endorse it. [[User:John101|John101]]
Just wanna point out that the Declaration of Independence was illegal. It was the right thing to do, but the States had no legal right to break away from the British Empire. As Britain revoked all claim in the Treaty of Paris (1783), signing the Constitution in 1789 would have been legal. - [[User:JamesCA|JamesCA]] 08:52, 22 October 2011 (EDT)