Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution The Article of Confederation and the Constitution are two documents that form our constitution, even though one ended up replacing the other. The Article of Confederation which came first was adopted 5th of November in 1777 but the thirteen states didn’t ratify it until the 1st of March in 1781. The reason behind it taking a lot for it to be ratified was because some states feared the possible of central power. The creation behind the Article of Confederation was many brought in drafts, the first draft written was by Benjamin Franklin. But it wasn’t want Congress was looking for until a man by the name of John Dickinson. Congress did indeed make a few revisions to the article but they did approve
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With the land speculation was the talk about expanding west for more land for certain states other than being stuck with smaller land in certain states. They demand for certain things but they all ended up being rejected and Maryland finally agreeing to ratify. But even with Maryland agreeing there were other issues that bothered certain states. For example the topic of taxes on slavery that causes a disagreement during the Constitution Convention. The states that did oppose the issue were the southern states because they depended a lot on slavery. Even though the Articles of Confederation did let the states know they were independent it let they know they also had restriction on certain things that they couldn’t argue with like trade or also when it came to the topic of moving humans to different …show more content…
The difference between the two was that one group supported adoption while the other didn’t, Anti-Federalist being the one who were against it. With the fight between the two groups, three men by the names of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay came up with the Federalist Papers which were articles that explained and brought understanding to the framer’s wants in the Constitution. When the Bill of Rights were added they were the individual liberties presented to the people because it gave them
With the land speculation was the talk about expanding west for more land for certain states other than being stuck with smaller land in certain states. They demand for certain things but they all ended up being rejected and Maryland finally agreeing to ratify. But even with Maryland agreeing there were other issues that bothered certain states. For example the topic of taxes on slavery that causes a disagreement during the Constitution Convention. The states that did oppose the issue were the southern states because they depended a lot on slavery. Even though the Articles of Confederation did let the states know they were independent it let they know they also had restriction on certain things that they couldn’t argue with like trade or also when it came to the topic of moving humans to different …show more content…
The difference between the two was that one group supported adoption while the other didn’t, Anti-Federalist being the one who were against it. With the fight between the two groups, three men by the names of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay came up with the Federalist Papers which were articles that explained and brought understanding to the framer’s wants in the Constitution. When the Bill of Rights were added they were the individual liberties presented to the people because it gave them