How Are The Articles Of Confederation Different From The Constitution

The Articles of Confederation was written in 1777 and ratified in 1781, establishing the first central government of the United States of America. The Revolutionary War brought on the Articles of Confederation because of the colonies need for a centralized government in order to raise an army as well as the foreign diplomacy. The functions of this government were stated in the Articles and approved by each state. The Constitution was started on May 14, 1787 and signed on September 17, 1787 after the war had ended. The government under the Articles of Confederation was unable to run the country, forcing the people of the United States to form a stronger federal government in order to sustain the unity of the colonies. The aren’t many similarities between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, but the both served …show more content…
It was designed to unify the country and give the United States the ability to create a unified army and fight back to gain our freedom. It accomplished its goal, but the United States soon realized that in order to preserve their freedom and get out of the debt from the war, they were going to need to make a stronger government. That is why they changed from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. The Constitution gave the central government more power in order to make alliances with other countries for trade and commerce, as well as taxing and raising armies to defend the country against any other invading country. The country would not have survived for very long under the Articles of Confederation due to its lack of strong central power. It would have gone bankrupt and been lost to foreign invasion, or self-destruction due to rioting or possible fighting between its own states. This change from the Articles of Confederation not only protected the rights and liberties of the states, but also saved the country as a whole from falling