Article Review Essay

government’s power and divide the state and people’s rights more evenly. The federalists however, argued that a Bill of Rights would not give enough power to the national government and take most of their control away. The first governing plan was the Articles of Confederation, which had an unreliable executive branch and a very weak national government. This document and Shays rebellion helped the colonists and leaders learn that the Constitution needed a more organized, effective and divided…

The Articles of Confederation were the United States’ first attempt at forming a government. They were thirteen sovereign states that only banded together under a weak legislative Congress as their central government. This Congress was given very limited powers. They were given the power of diplomacy, printing money, resolving inter-state conflicts, and international affairs. These are great responsibilities when their limitations are also taken into consideration. This Congress could only…

Hamilton was one of the main leaders of the federalists, or people who were in support of a strong central government. His writing of the federalist papers as well as his ideas for a national bank support his interest in a strong federal government. The documents in the museum that prove his views include a summary of the Federalist Papers, an excerpt from Alexander Hamilton discussing the Federalist Papers, a summary of the first bank of the United States, and a summary of the First Report on…

According to John F. Kennedy, “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” This saying tells us that no matter what happens, the American people will never give up and will always have the willpower to fight for their freedom. Everyone is entitled to his or her own individual God given or natural rights like life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The American Revolution or The…

constitution guards against tyranny because the constitution is less compact than tyranny. Federalism guards against tyranny because federalism has separate branches and governments. Many believed that the constitution wasn’t helping keep order. Under the articles of confederation there was no chief executive. Neither was there a court system. There wasn’t even a way for the central government to force a state to pay taxes. The states serve as a check to balance to the power of the federal…

of the document. The current Constitution contains gaps where entire sections have been repealed with sections having titles only but no text (Article XIII – Spanish and Mexican Land Titles repealed in 1969). Five of the seven original sections in Article XII covering "Private Corporations" have been repealed, as have seven of the eight sections in Article XIV on "Public Lands and the General Land Office." The result of all the work that has been done to the document makes it a patchwork of…

revolution advanced American politics and society to varying degrees and left the new nation struggling for economic autonomy. Following the revolution, Americans attempted to develop a government that did not reflect British politics. Initially, the Articles of Confederation was adopted because it did not include a national executive branch. This resulted in a weak government whose power was virtually nonexistent because without taxes,…

In the years following the American Revolutionary War, American citizens, created the Articles of Confederation. However, after realizing that the Articles gave too much power to the government, American leaders decided to assemble a Constitution. The Constitution was ratified in 1787, and would later include a Bill of Rights, adopted in 1791, that would give citizens basic rights such as freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion. However, between 1781 and 1800 these rights were taken…

Tyranny will not be allowed in the United States. Since the Articles of Confederation were passed, it began to become chaotic. In 1787, fifty-five delegates representing 12 of the 13 states came together in Philadelphia to help revise the document and eventually made a new one; The Constitution. How will they make a new Constitution avoiding Tyranny? Tyranny is when an individual, few, or many seize control of other people. At the Constitutional Convention, the fifty-five delegates come together…

Congress decided their current form of government, the Articles of Confederation, had many flaws. It was too weak to stop things such as Shay’s Rebellion. Because of this they organized a convention, many state representatives showed up, but some did not because they were pleased with how it was and didn’t want to change this. The people who were against changing the Articles of Confederation are called Anti-Federalists, and people that were for this are called Federalists. As a Federalist I…