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Before the current United States Constitution there was the Articles of Confederation. This frame of a government, and how it would organize a new nation, came about during America’s fight for independence against the British. This fast answer to a monumental problem would only come to provide temporary relief, for the New World would require structure far greater than what was provided in the Articles of Confederation. Though the founders did not know at the time, they would come to learn…

document. It may not have been the founding one, but it united the thirteen colonies and made them one making the United States of America. The Constitution consists of seven articles that tells us different things about how to live. The sixth article declares the Constitution as the “supreme law of the land.” This article is saying that the Constitution will overrule both federal and state laws if there is a conflict in them. It is declaring that the Constitution is the backbone of the US; it…

The Constitution created a just government by fixing the many problems with the Articles of Confederation. In Alexander Hamilton’s letter to James Duane he stated that “the confederation itself is defective and requires to be altered; it is neither fit for war, nor peace”. One problem with the confederation was that too much power was given to the states. Alexander Hamilton wrote a letter to James Duane stating that the “Confederation too gives the power of the purse too entirely to the state…

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 New Constitution By the year 1786 our nation became aware that the current constitution, the Articles of Confederation needed to be changed or our country was going to fail. The Articles gave Congress virtually no power to regulate domestic affairs--no power to tax, no power to regulate commerce. Congress had to depend on financial contributions from the states, and they often time turned down requests. In 1786, the United States was bankrupt (The Constitutional Convention of 1787 in…

for a constitution was established by the Articles of Confederation in 1778 (Kramnick, pg155). This was a document to draft laws for the newly independent states. This compilation of article each had their own purpose to the people. Starting with the First Article where we got or name and continuing to more pressing information like what was to be forbidden of permitted (Kramnick, pg155-162). The United States of America was emphasized in the First Article (Kramnick, pg155). This title was…

government of the United States should be run. The first set of rules, called the Articles of Confederation, was written in 1777, but 10 years later in 1787 the Constitution was adopted. The Constitution replaced faulty laws that didn’t give the federal government supreme power; it set a base for our government that has still proven to be an effective framework for the United States to follow even 229 years later. The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses like not holding the power to…

A Constitutional Convention was called in Philadelphia Pennsylvania earlier this month to address problems in the governing of the United States of America, and to revise the Articles of Confederation. Debates included arguments over representation in Congress, slavery, and the new executive branch. The purpose of this convention was to create a better government, and word has it that they have concluded the convention with the agreement of establishing a United States Constitution. The people…

Dejah Small Introduction to Government and Politics 1327 9:00AM December 5th, 2016 Paper Option 2 Centralized Governments and The U.S. Constitution Throughout the course of history, there has been controversy over the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Both documents having had its issues of not having a strong enough foundation or violating the idea of a stronger national/ centralized government. First off, a central government has the authority to control an entire…

and the first system under the Articles of Confederation. Georgia’s Constitution consists firstly of a preamble which described the principles that the Constitution is meant to serve, as well as each article this document performs. The document of the Georgia Constitution provided a model for the transition from colony to state. There were many constitutions from 1776 to the last constitution of 1983. This document was a collection of 11 articles to which each article serves as an outline for…