Original sentence: After the war, the new nation held a Constitutional Convention in 1787 to resolve the problems stemming from the first attempt at a national government under the Articles of Confederation.Military engagements in the American Revolution began in 1775 and were largely complete by 1781.The American colonies had been loyal British subjects for decades, but they declared independence from rule under the monarchy in 1776 as a result of their dissatisfaction with lack of representation in the governing parliament overseas, which manifested itself most directly and dramatically through taxation policies that colonists considered a violation of their constitutionally guaranteed rights as Englishman.The resulting Constitution of the United States settled on a republic
Edited sentence: After the war, the new nation held a Constitutional Convention in 1787 to resolve problems stemming from the first attempt at a national government under the Articles of Confederation that perpetuated a large degree of sovereignty for the individual states.The American Revolution was primarily a civil and political matter at first, but escalated to military engagements in 1775 that were largely complete by 1781.The American colonies had been loyal British subjects for decades, but they declared independence from rule under the monarchy in 1776 as a result of their dissatisfaction with lack of representation in the governing parliament overseas, which colonists considered a violation of their constitutionally guaranteed rights as Englishman.The resulting Constitution of the United States settled on a republic under a federated system with a relatively strong national government.This perceived misrule manifested itself most directly and dramatically through direct taxes which the colonists had no influence on how they would be levied or spent