The Constitution was written in 1787 and Ratified in 1789 as a result of the Articles of Confederation failed to produce a working Federal Gov’t.
Educate yourself.
What came next? War of 182.
Proof the English are very slow learners and piss poor fighters.
They finally figured out how to win a war against a major power in 1916 when they came begging for us to bail them out of WWI.
The most successful operations in their history were retreats and the evacuation of The Beaches at Dunkerque.