After America declared its independence in July of 1776, Congress knew this was their opportunity to create something completely out of the ordinary, that would have to stand the tale of time. The following year, the Continental Congress created the Articles of Confederation, which ultimately divided the federal government from the state. This article wrote the ground rules for America's regulation of currency, foreign affairs and guidelines for war, but left out the States, to decipher their policies individually (1*). Ten years later, the Constitutional Convention knew that America needed to be seen as a whole, even with the separation of power. The Constitution was written to unionize the States with the Federal government, and was finalized…
Question one: What was the significance of the Stamp Act of 1764? The stamp Act was created by the British government because it was very difficult to tax trade within the colonies. The stamps were required in all official documents The main goal of the Act was to raise money for military defenses of the colonies. The Stamp Act was much significant because it was the first document that consisted a list of demands that the colonist created to present it to the British government.…
1. I am against the War Powers Act. The act is something that specifically targets a power given to the president through the Constitution. The president needs to be able to quickly react to foreign relations, and if they always have to go through Congress, who are typically slow, than decisions would not be able to get out fast enough. If Congress does not really like the acting president they could refuse to support them and it could be detrimental to our nation.…
During the Constitutional Convention, one of the major issues facing the Framers involved the sharing of power between the state and national government. Even after having succeeded in becoming independent from Britain the colonists still viewed themselves as members of separate states. The Nation needed a strong centralized government that also protected the power of the states. Thus the Federalist American form of government was created.…
The Articles of Federation left most regulation to individual states and much like the issue that arose with trade, the minting of currency and a regulation of currency was left to each state. This meant that each state could mint or produce different denominations of value for their “state” dollars and coinage. Because there were many discrepancies in money and their respective values, many problems soon would arise in the Confederation such as, inflation, parties not accepting each other’s money because it was not considered “legal” tender, and to the loss of property because of non-payment. The new government that was to be formed in the wake of the Confederation would attempt to resolve this issue by granting the Congress the ability,…
The Articles of Confederation were drafted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777 and ratified over three years later. Motivated by concerns of mimicking the system in England that had drove many of the colonists to the United States in the first place, the colonists created a weak centralized system and focused the power on the individual states. They soon found that the Articles of Confederation provided a system that was fatally flawed and incapable of supporting the young nation. The Articles of Confederation created a weak central system of government which was incapable of standardizing currency, imposing taxation, creating a national court system, enforcing laws with an executive branch, or allowing for revisions to the original document itself. The weaknesses of the document nearly caused collapse in the United States, and resulted in the Constitutional Convention which created the Constitution that ultimately resolved these problems.…
When The Articles of Confederation were first written, they did not give congress the power to tax citizens. This may have been good for the people, but it was not good for the government. If this problem was left until now, we wouldn’t have schools, government buildings and workers, or healthcare. The outcome would be disastrous. States had the right to coin their own money.…
Under the Articles of Confederation, our national government possessed countless issues over money, land, and the vulnerability of the government. As a result of borrowing arms during the Revolutionary War, the United States owed millions of dollars to other nations. Thus, the US had no way of repaying its debts because the congress could not tax the states, meaning they could not get money that was needed. Furthermore, the Continental Congress thought is could raise funds by printing paper money. Though, the Continental dollars became worthless because it was not backed up by gold or silver.…
A problem created by the Articles of Confederation is it limited the powers of congress. For example, Congress could not force states to follow laws and trade was not regulated between states since the state had more power than the government, Federalism divided the power between Federal/National government and the states preventing anyone from having total control giving delegation powers such as wars and treaties to the Federal government, the state reserved the rights to regulate education and issue licences, and other powers such as raising powers are shared. Separation of powers prevents any of the three branches of the Federal government from having to much power by giving each branch different jobs and powers. For example, laws are made…
The Articles of Confederation are important for us to study today because, as the first written constitution, they helped create the national government of the United States. The Articles of Confederation aimed towards limiting the central government’s power. As the Articles gave power to the states with less towards the congress, their goal was reached. Even so, that put America at a significant disadvantage. Whereas the government was so weak, it left America in a dreadful position within areas of trade, treaties, and military.…
The Stamp Act put taxation on the colonists of America this caused congressional action, colonist actions, and altered the relationship between the British and the colonists. According to the text of the 1765 Stamp Act, from a pamphlet printed in 1895, The relationship between the colonists and the British was one that had many grievances. The teapot shows that the colonists did not approve of the act that was passed, nor the tax that came with the act. It caused great tension between the British and the colonists. Consequently, the British weren’t too fond of the colonists, and the colonists weren’t much obliged to the British either.…
In the Articles of Confederation, Congress was a single house in which each state had one vote. Even though each state could have two to seven members representing them in congress. Congress could conduct foreign affairs, make treaties, and maintain an army and navy, and borrow and print money. But the big flaw was the Congress could not collect taxes or enforce laws directly. The states had the power to tax and enforce its own laws.…
When people think of the penny, many get the image of a small, bronze, copper coin. Before the year 1982, this idea would be accurate to reality, as the coin was mostly made of copper. However, ever since then, pennies have been composed of “97.5% zinc, with a little copper mixed in for appearance’s sake” (source A). Zinc is being used because it is less costly than copper. Although, even with this modification in its manufacturing design, the coin is still costing more to make than it is worth.…
Federalism in the United States is based on a two-level government system that control is divided between national government and subnational government. The significant points in this chapter further explains federalism, the articles of confederation and new federalism. Federalism is a two level geographical system of government in which control is distributed between national and state government. It serves three main points: first; it’s part of a system of official checks and balances that were created to influence power by sharing it between two levels of government, second; it produces a political system where interest can be characterized in the national government, and third; federalism creates governance system where the states can…
State power was exemplified through its organization of congress, where each state had one vote and 9/13 states had to support a law in order for it to be passed. Furthermore, the national government didn’t have an executive or judicial organization. Thus congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage. With the period of discontent, economic crisis and collapse of Revolutionary expectations that came from the Articles, there was a proposition for redirecting this crumbling…