The Articles of Confederation had many issues with it and at times was completely unable to work as desired; when the Constitution was created it was considered to be one of the best things that had occurred. In 1787 the Constitutional Convention came together and they were after much arguing and finally compromising they came up with what we know as the Constitution (History of the United States Forming a New Nation (1784-1819)). Prior to the Constitution, states were governed under the Articles of Confederation which created problems. Each of the states was governed by an elected official and the state delegates who created a weak national government. Congress had to force the states to pay fees in order to cover the social costs of the nation.
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When the Constitution Convention met they had representatives pick George Washington as the leader over the Convention; Washington pushed the representatives to test the Constitution to make sure that it was not like the Articles of the Confederation and if they found any problems with it that they find a solution that would hold up to any kind of test put against it. Even with his mandate that they find any hole in the Constitution and a solution for it he still got into an argument once during the Convention. Washington though was a very effective leader during the three months it took for them to create the Constitution. There were three components that were critical when it came to the Constitution’s arrangement: the Republic and its development, federalism, and the ability to detach forces. The prime mandate in the new Constitution was that the national government be sustainable and not feeble and weak while the states would work like autonomous nations. The Delegates decided to make sure that the nation had a more grounded federal government by creating three branches each with checks that made no one branch more powerful than the other. Those three branches were the executive, administrative, and
When the Constitution Convention met they had representatives pick George Washington as the leader over the Convention; Washington pushed the representatives to test the Constitution to make sure that it was not like the Articles of the Confederation and if they found any problems with it that they find a solution that would hold up to any kind of test put against it. Even with his mandate that they find any hole in the Constitution and a solution for it he still got into an argument once during the Convention. Washington though was a very effective leader during the three months it took for them to create the Constitution. There were three components that were critical when it came to the Constitution’s arrangement: the Republic and its development, federalism, and the ability to detach forces. The prime mandate in the new Constitution was that the national government be sustainable and not feeble and weak while the states would work like autonomous nations. The Delegates decided to make sure that the nation had a more grounded federal government by creating three branches each with checks that made no one branch more powerful than the other. Those three branches were the executive, administrative, and