the entire system of American society. Before constitution was created, there was a period of
history.
First, the Articles of confederation was the original version previously. After the declaration of
independence, the Articles were created to govern the states in the US. The Articles governed
states for numbers of years.(Weatherman, Donald V. Development) However, the federation of
the Articles were eventually to weak for administering the young nation. Because they couldn't
provide centralized power. Then, the constitution were created.
The Constitution Convention were founded during 1787. At that time, 12 states got together.
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After another round of
debates, the constitution were ratified by all thirteen states.
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Alexander Hamilton, who claimed “ New science of politics”, which was based on principles
either unknown to or not fully understood by previous generations.(Weatherman, Donald V.
Basic Principles of the Constitution) Moreover, one distinct aspect of constitution was that is
was firmly based on some theoretical principles. Therefore, there are three main ideas:
Separation of powers, Federalism and Republicanism.
The Separation of powers are separated to Legislative, which is apartment create the law;
Executive apartment, which enact and enforce the law; Judicial apartment, which judge the law
whether it follow the constitution.
For this constitution, debates and compromises were a lot. First, for how the representative to
congress would be selected or apportioned.(Weatherman, Donald V. Separation of Powers) The
solution produced the senate which represents the state equally and house of representatives
represents the state by population. Second, whether the executive authority controlled by one
person or multiple person. Finally,after so much de bates, the solution is the single