What is the Articles of Confederation and what is the Constitution? What are the similarities between the two and what are the differences? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the two? What are Federalist and Anti-Federalist? What is the Bill of Rights? These are some of the questions that I plan on answering in my essay. I am going to be discussing the debate that the parties had over the Bill of Rights and its success I the balance between national and states’ interest.
What are the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation is considered the first constitution for the U.S., and it was adopted on November 15, 1777 ("Articles of Confederation: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of …show more content…
One, the Articles could not stop the British Government from shipping their convicts over to their former colonies. It also didn’t allow Congress enough power to implement precautions against British creditors to be able to sue debtors for pre-Revolutionary debts which was a very disapproved part of the Treaty of Paris (“Office of the Historian, n.d.). The British also continued to stay in some of the forts of the Great Lakes region (“Office of the Historian," n.d.). The Articles also allowed a state to have one vote only in Congress no matter how large the state was ("Why Did the Articles of Confederation Fail?," n.d.). It also didn’t give Congress the authority to tax individual states, there wasn’t an executive branch so that the laws that were passed were not enforced, there wasn’t a national court system in place, in order for amendments to be passed the vote had to be unanimous, in order for laws to be passed in Congress the vote had to be 9/13, and Congress didn’t have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce ("Why Did the Articles of Confederation Fail?," …show more content…
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution and it was written by James Madison ("Bill of Rights - Bill of Rights Institute," n.d.). The Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on government power, on what they can do and cannot do ("Bill of Rights - Bill of Rights Institute," n.d.). A Federalist is a person who wanted a strong central government and who was in favor of Constitution ("Federalist | Definition of Federalist by Merriam-Webster," n.d.). An Anti-Federalist is a person who was against the Constitution ("Anti-federalist | Definition of Anti-federalist by Merriam-Webster," n.d.). The Federalist Papers were articles that were published in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet. The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay and they were about new Constitution and the support of it ("Constitution | whitehouse.gov," n.d.). In total, there were 85 articles written and published, and even today they are a great source to turn to for understanding some of the framers’ intentions for the Constitution ("Constitution | whitehouse.gov," n.d.). Out of the 85 articles there are two articles that are more famous than the other ones No. 10 and No. 51. No. 10 which really just warns of the dangers of fractions and advocates a large republic, and in No. 51 in which it explains the general structure of the Constitution, the checks and balances, and how it protects the rights of the people
What are the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation is considered the first constitution for the U.S., and it was adopted on November 15, 1777 ("Articles of Confederation: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of …show more content…
One, the Articles could not stop the British Government from shipping their convicts over to their former colonies. It also didn’t allow Congress enough power to implement precautions against British creditors to be able to sue debtors for pre-Revolutionary debts which was a very disapproved part of the Treaty of Paris (“Office of the Historian, n.d.). The British also continued to stay in some of the forts of the Great Lakes region (“Office of the Historian," n.d.). The Articles also allowed a state to have one vote only in Congress no matter how large the state was ("Why Did the Articles of Confederation Fail?," n.d.). It also didn’t give Congress the authority to tax individual states, there wasn’t an executive branch so that the laws that were passed were not enforced, there wasn’t a national court system in place, in order for amendments to be passed the vote had to be unanimous, in order for laws to be passed in Congress the vote had to be 9/13, and Congress didn’t have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce ("Why Did the Articles of Confederation Fail?," …show more content…
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution and it was written by James Madison ("Bill of Rights - Bill of Rights Institute," n.d.). The Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on government power, on what they can do and cannot do ("Bill of Rights - Bill of Rights Institute," n.d.). A Federalist is a person who wanted a strong central government and who was in favor of Constitution ("Federalist | Definition of Federalist by Merriam-Webster," n.d.). An Anti-Federalist is a person who was against the Constitution ("Anti-federalist | Definition of Anti-federalist by Merriam-Webster," n.d.). The Federalist Papers were articles that were published in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet. The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay and they were about new Constitution and the support of it ("Constitution | whitehouse.gov," n.d.). In total, there were 85 articles written and published, and even today they are a great source to turn to for understanding some of the framers’ intentions for the Constitution ("Constitution | whitehouse.gov," n.d.). Out of the 85 articles there are two articles that are more famous than the other ones No. 10 and No. 51. No. 10 which really just warns of the dangers of fractions and advocates a large republic, and in No. 51 in which it explains the general structure of the Constitution, the checks and balances, and how it protects the rights of the people