Article One of the United States Constitution

expanded powers. His article Federalist 45 addressed the powers needed for running a country and its relationship with the states. The Federalist Papers are important because they explained the reasons for a stronger national government and supported the ratification of the United States Constitution. Madison countered the resistance to a stronger Federal Government with Federalist Paper No. 45 which was written in January 1788. Under the Articles of Confederation the states were more…

What is one of the first things you think of when someone talks about our nation’s capital? For most American Citizens, there first thoughts are government and the documents written long ago by our founding fathers. Washington D.C. Is a place where history history comes alive but history is also made. During the duration of our D.C. Trip we experienced our nation’s government and constitution in action. The right to build an army and a navy, the first amendment, and the legislative branch were…

Federalism is a principle or system of government. It works for the United States, immensely and is always growing. This system of government is the process by which two or more governments share powers over the same geographic area. Federalism was introduced to be a political solution with problems that arise from the Articles of Confederation. In the United States, this concept has been used since 1789. It is growing to be more a populated concept for other countries. The Supreme Court had…

The Founders of our country created the “Constitution of the United States” to keep the power of government separated into three branches of government, so one entity could not control the whole nation. These include the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches. The Legislative and Executive branches use their powers to create rules and regulation for the nation. Though our Founders emphasized and documented the powers of these branches in the Constitution, the powers of the Executive branch…

when the nation was a loose confederation of states, each operating like independent countries” (The U.S. Constitution, 2009). Initially this document was known as Articles of Confederation. Written by the Constitutional Congress, the articles were successful in establishing a first draft for a constitution but failed in many other aspects. For example, under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government did not have the power to tax the states and they did not have a national army. They…

1. What were the Interests and Conflicts of the First Founding? In Revolutionary America, conflicts arose when people competed over personal ideals and principles. As a result, these economic and political conflicts led to the Constitution and the American Revolution. In colonial politics, there were five sectors of interest: “(1) the New England merchants; (2) the southern planters; (3) the “royalists”—holders of royal lands, offices, and patents (licenses to engage in a profession or…

In the summer of 1787, the United States was challenged to create a stronger central government without letting one person or group have too much power. There were flaws in the Articles of Confederation and the government wasn’t getting anything done. The fifty-five representatives wanted to create a Constitution that divided up powers to avoid the tyranny that they escaped from by becoming an independent nation. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in many ways, such as Federalism, creating…

Today many Americans believe that the Constitution should not be interpreted and instead believe that it should be followed according to the authors’ original intent. However, many of the founders themselves had disagreements over the difference between “interpretation” and “intent.” There are four main issues that present complications with the interpretations of the Constitution. These four issues are The Bank of the United States, The Alien and Sedition Acts, The Virginia and Kentucky…

As our forefathers departed England to establish this new land, one of the original drivers was to allow many individual freedoms that were not allowed in England. Therefore, the U. S. Constitution was created to give the people freedoms that were not allowed in England and also to provide protections not provided for in their type of government. The tensions and conflict arose in the process of balancing the needs for individual freedoms with the need for the overall rule of law in the new…

Which was an important first step in the unification of the 13 states and in the development of the Articles of Confederation. These articles provided a form of union between the states but failed to provide a strong enough central government. The deficiency of power was evident by the lack of participation from the state delegates. The turning point for was “Shays Rebellion” where a group of farmers refused to pay their debt and state taxes causing a violent rebellion. The Confederation…