Reasons For The Decline Of The Constitution

After the United States declared their independence, they decided they needed a written form that established the functions of the United States. They ratified the Articles on March 1st, 1781. Many years later, the government realized the Articles were failing for multiple reasons. Thus, the government reformed the Articles and introduced the Constitution. The Articles failed for more than one reason, but the main reason was it gave too much power to the states and not enough to the government. The government couldn’t levy taxes, making the government very poor. Also, the Articles had no president or executive branch. The reason they didn’t have a president was because they feared someone would gain too much power and create a monarchy like what happened in New England. The Articles also couldn’t prohibit states from any foreign affairs or control the currency. Since the state had more power, you would think that more states had to agree to change the law, but in the Articles major laws only required the approval of 9 states to pass. When the …show more content…
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments of the constitution, and these rights cannot be taken awake from US Citizens. Despite their many distinctions, the Articles and the Constitution had some similarities, for example the simple fact that congress existed. Also, they both could declare war at anytime, and establish post offices. Both documents could conduct foreign affair at any given time, and also raise an army. Although both documents have some striking differences and very few similarities, they shared a common goal; to make the United States the best they can be. Our government learned first hand through trial and error, “If at first you don’t succeed, try again.” Today, the United States still remain successful from the Constitution, a document written 228 years