Article One of the United States Constitution

The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States adopted in 1777. However, those articles contained a lot of limitations. One of the limitations of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the government to collect taxes. Because they could not raise taxes, it was difficult for the government to draft soldiers or to regulate trade. The only way for the government to raise money was by asking the states for funds, which could say "no"; borrowing money from…

The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution The Articles of Confederation served as the first constitution of the United States before it was replaced by the Constitution of 1787, which is the current constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation were in effect for only six years, during the formative years of the United States. The Articles of Confederation when compared with the Constitution of 1787 reveal several key differences in ideas and goals between the two…

Preamble Vs. Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first Constitution of the United States, but the Preamble of the Constitution is more significant, due to the fact that the Preamble is by far more successful in representing the people. Although both the Preamble and Articles of Confederation share the same moral of forming a perfect union, both documents contain differences. Both the Articles of Confederation and the Preamble have differences, including the…

The United States Constitution is a document written to embody the fundamental laws of the United States. The first draft of the Constitution was called the Articles of Confederation, but the colonists quickly realized that the form of government the Articles of Confederation created was not going to work well. Consequently, the colonists held a Constitutional Convention, in 1787, the Constitutional Convention was held to amend the Articles of Confederation, they ended up drafting an entirely…

The United States (US) constitution was composed in 1787 and ratified in 1788, and has the Bill of Rights, 7 articles and etc. The US constitution is the central government of the whole United States. The North Carolina (NC) constitution has three different constitutions all written and ratified at different dates and times. The constitution has 14 articles, all of which has all power and legal standing in the state of North Carolina. The US and the North Carolina Constitution have mostly the…

The U.S. Constitution The U.S. Constitution is the “supreme law of the land” according to Article VI, created solely for the people and by the people. The constitution was created because many of the leaders and delegates felt extremely dissatisfied by the government under the Articles of Confederation that had created an incredibly weak central government, where the states were not united, but were instead loosely connected and were acting as independent countries. The Articles of…

permanent union as States. A year later in November 1777 the Congress issued what it is considered today to be the first constitution of the United States: “The Articles of Confederation”. This written document was setting up a loose confederation of states, citing that: “each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right” (Goldfield, 176-7). It took almost four years, until March 1781, for these Articles to be ratified by all 13 future States,…

Introduction The U.S Constitution, written in 1787 for an agricultural society now guides the political life of a massive urban society.(The Challenges of Democracy, 2014) This document was written by mass group of people seeking to revolute from British rules. This in turn is how Egypt came about independence from Britain in 1922. Just as the United States sought to start a new government free from British rules Egypt declared their independence by forming a constitution. (Egypt, 2014) This…

When looking at both the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution, in general they might look similar due to the fact that they were both created for the same reason. Although, if you examine both documents closely, the difference in details begin to become apparent. The Articles of Confederation is “the first basis for the new nation’s government” (pg 64), therefore, there are bound to be similarities between the current Constitution of the United States since they were both crafted…

the Articles of Confederation and what is the Constitution? What are the similarities between the two and what are the differences? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the two? What are Federalist and Anti-Federalist? What is the Bill of Rights? These are some of the questions that I plan on answering in my essay. I am going to be discussing the debate that the parties had over the Bill of Rights and its success I the balance between national and states’ interest. What are the Articles of…