Federalism
Development throughout the years
In this article we address the various forms of federalism and how they emerged and developed in US history. My thesis is, Federalism is a changing system that morphs to fit the needs of major issues the government may face. Since the beginning and formation of the United States there has been a governing system in place. The US started out as unorganized confederation of states with a system consisting of most of the power belonging to the states and only a small portion of power was delegated to the Central government. There were many disadvantage of the confederate system; one was that the central legislature could not raise taxes to pay off the debts that the US had incurred. Another disadvantage was that the Articles of the confederation did …show more content…
The act was an uprising led by Daniel Shay accompanied by other farm workers who were against state enforced tax collection and judgment of debt. Due to the uprisings in 1786-1787 the national legislature had to raise a private militia in order to subdue the rebels. Although the Militia defeated the rebels this gave way to the national leaders to call for a stronger central government in order to suppress future rebellions. Leaders such as George Washington pushed toward a stronger central authority therefore the constitutional convention was called to revise the articles of the confederation. “This well justified fear of the mob, led the founders to create a republic, a form of government one step removed from democracy, which presumably protects the people from their own passions. (Shafritz,et al 2012)The results of the convention were our first step into federalism. The creation of a new doctrine called the United States constitution, which consisted of a strong central government made up of 3
Development throughout the years
In this article we address the various forms of federalism and how they emerged and developed in US history. My thesis is, Federalism is a changing system that morphs to fit the needs of major issues the government may face. Since the beginning and formation of the United States there has been a governing system in place. The US started out as unorganized confederation of states with a system consisting of most of the power belonging to the states and only a small portion of power was delegated to the Central government. There were many disadvantage of the confederate system; one was that the central legislature could not raise taxes to pay off the debts that the US had incurred. Another disadvantage was that the Articles of the confederation did …show more content…
The act was an uprising led by Daniel Shay accompanied by other farm workers who were against state enforced tax collection and judgment of debt. Due to the uprisings in 1786-1787 the national legislature had to raise a private militia in order to subdue the rebels. Although the Militia defeated the rebels this gave way to the national leaders to call for a stronger central government in order to suppress future rebellions. Leaders such as George Washington pushed toward a stronger central authority therefore the constitutional convention was called to revise the articles of the confederation. “This well justified fear of the mob, led the founders to create a republic, a form of government one step removed from democracy, which presumably protects the people from their own passions. (Shafritz,et al 2012)The results of the convention were our first step into federalism. The creation of a new doctrine called the United States constitution, which consisted of a strong central government made up of 3