Compare And Contrast Articles Of Confederation Vs Constitution

The Constitution constituted several decades ago composed what is the United States today. After the Revolutionary War with Britain, the new country, America, was left to the hands of the people who fought with their lives for their freedoms and rights, and now it was up to them to devise them a new government. The pursue for an adequate government structure in this new born country thus begun. The process took about ten years but it was well worth it. During this process, two documents were instituted. These documents helped build what is America today but the second one is the most valuable. Although the Articles of Confederation is somewhat valuable, without the Constitution, the society will not be the same today. First, the articles of confederation was established but then a new constitution was required. Articles of Confederation was implemented in the United States to organize a new government for their new country separating from the British. The colonists wanted a government that which was not like the British. They wanted to make sure that the new government wouldn’t do what the British has done to the colonists. The Articles of Confederation created a one house body of …show more content…
Though they have their major differences the constitution was built upon the previous document and it’s reasonable to say that probably we would not have the same constitution without having first had the articles of confederation. Articles of Confederation was a failure but it later provided a much better document that created a stronger national government and as the progress was done to obtain the constitution, the nation was able to learn what a country had to be. The country existed for the existence of men but the people have to give up some of their rights and freedoms to give a much stronger government that can regulate such a huge nation and do things for the country as a whole and help every