Benedictine Confederation

1) Why was the Convention called? a) By 1786, it was clear that the Articles of Confederation presented an ineffectual government for the union. With strong encouragement from six of the states, Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation into a more powerful document 2) Did it do what it was expected to do? a) The Constitution proved to be an effective and strong form of government. 3) Who were the major players at the Convention? a) George Washington, James Madison,…

Constitution so appealing to everyone. Following their victory against Britain the Americans were very skeptical of any type of national government fearing that it might be a redo of the British monarchs. This led to the creation of the Articles of Confederation…

The United States Constitution was originally designed so that people of any background could and would have an equal opportunity in the new country that they had created. Most of these beliefs and rights that are given to man, such as Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness. Some of the rights have been outdated as the country grew over a couple hundred years. When The United States Constitution was created, it was used as a tool to make sure that the government they created would never…

James Madison and a few other men wrote the U.S. constitution which established basic rights and laws for the national government and its citizens. When the constitution was written, a few changes were needed to be made. These changes were called amendments and the first ten amendments were named The Bill of Rights. It was required that majority of the vote between the states, wanted these changes. Finally, on September 25, 1787, the constitution and it’s first ten amendments were ratified. Due…

The many constitutions of South Carolina, have widely changed throughout the years; some taking steps forward toward the type of country we aimed to achieve, and others where we took a big step back. These different versions of constitutions have all had the common theme of saying that “we the people…” are equal. Though the constitutions were more aimed at the wealthy and white population, there was always that theme of unifying the state with equal rights for everyone, but the constitutions had…

George Washington, the first president, the father of our country, the toothless man, whatever you call him was an interesting man. In this we will cover his life his politics and his modern day influence. He is mostly known as the first president but he was also a gardener and a farmer in his home state of virginia. He was president when there were not political parties so he didn’t place sides. Unfortunately he died to epiglottitis a disease that inflames the epiglottis. However he has an…

Mayowa Gbadamosi’s Constitution The year is 1787. We the people In the new colonies, there will be three groups that make laws including a higher group called the senate that can veto laws made by the lower groups called the house of legislators and the other lower group would be called congress. There are 2 members per state for each group to help represent the entire country and also for them not to give too much power to any state no matter the size The senate is in charge of vetoing and…

The Charlottetown Conference: The Charlottetown Conference, held in the Legislative Council Chamber of the Province House, took place from September 1st, 1864 - September 9th, 1864, becoming the first meeting of the “Fathers of Confederation.” A union of the Maritimes colonies was being discussed as the province of Canada was present at this conference whereas British Columbia and Newfoundland were absent. Eight delegates from the Province of Canada attended this conference along with five…

The Constitution of 1876 is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since independence from Mexico was achieved in 1836. The constitution contains some provisions that are uniquely Texan, many of which are products of the state's unusual history. The Constitution of 1876 began with a lengthy bill of rights. It declared that Texas was a free and independent state, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, that all free men have equal rights, and that the writ of…

The United States had won independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War with the U.S. government being the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation failed in not being able to stabilize the Federal Government after the war and a new government was drawn up by the United States’ best and brightest. This new governing document is the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution created a new form of government in which to stabilize the government, economy, culture…