To run a country well, there needs to be a set of rules. The set of rules and regulations we go by is called the Constitution. The constitution is what we look to when making decisions and making laws. Without the constitution the United States would be in total anarchy. The Articles of Confederation was the first basic constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation was written in Philadelphia at the Second Continental Congress in 1776(History,Articles of Confederation). The first draft of the articles was not used in the final draft, the fourth draft was used(History,Articles of Confederation). The first edition was written by Benjamin Franklin, the next was written by Silas Deane, next the Connecticut Delegation, and finally
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Every state but Maryland and Delaware did not ratify it at first, in 1781 all 13 states ratified it(Articles of Confederation). In the articles it made it so states had one vote and one person representing them(Articles of Confederation). In the articles there was no national court system in place and to pass laws a 9 to 13 ratio was required(Articles of Confederation). All the ideas in the Articles of Confederation did not live up to what they should have been and caused the Constitution to be written. The states in America were not functioning well in the 1780s and seemed disunified. The Constitution helped fix this. In 1787 delegates who were chosen men from each state came to Philadelphia to draft the Constitution, this event was called the Constitutional convention(Beeman 35). Rhode Island did not send a delegate to attend the meeting. Compromise is a major element when it came to drafting the Constitution. The Virginia and New Jersey dealt with Congress. The end result of these ideas were two houses in Congress the senate and the house of representatives, the house was based on population while the senate was represented by two person for every state(Beeman 35). This made decision making a more fair process. It also kept slavery around after being highly debated and limited what the president could and could not do(Beeman 37). The Constitution brought the country back together as
Every state but Maryland and Delaware did not ratify it at first, in 1781 all 13 states ratified it(Articles of Confederation). In the articles it made it so states had one vote and one person representing them(Articles of Confederation). In the articles there was no national court system in place and to pass laws a 9 to 13 ratio was required(Articles of Confederation). All the ideas in the Articles of Confederation did not live up to what they should have been and caused the Constitution to be written. The states in America were not functioning well in the 1780s and seemed disunified. The Constitution helped fix this. In 1787 delegates who were chosen men from each state came to Philadelphia to draft the Constitution, this event was called the Constitutional convention(Beeman 35). Rhode Island did not send a delegate to attend the meeting. Compromise is a major element when it came to drafting the Constitution. The Virginia and New Jersey dealt with Congress. The end result of these ideas were two houses in Congress the senate and the house of representatives, the house was based on population while the senate was represented by two person for every state(Beeman 35). This made decision making a more fair process. It also kept slavery around after being highly debated and limited what the president could and could not do(Beeman 37). The Constitution brought the country back together as