Benedictine Confederation

Most of the country was stunned when in September of 1796, George Washington, who was “the Father of the Country” before there was even a country, the Washington whose coat and pants were pierced by bullets while he was unharmed, the man whose face adorned their silverware, plates, and coins, submitted his imminent retirement in a Philadelphia newspaper. While the people of the Union were shocked, the government had suspected Washington’s departure for several months. However, the President had…

1) Introduction a) Federalists versus the anti-Federalists where Hamilton supports a central gov’t and Jefferson supports the state’s and people’s rights 2) Federalist and Republican Mudslingers a) The Federalists were mad at John Adams for not allowing them to declare war against France, but they ran up the debt with the war preparations, which established new taxes i) The Federalists already had many enemies due to the Sedition & Alien Act b) Federalists fought back against Jefferson by…

to say the Constitution was without fatal flaws in regards to state rights, and the rights of African Americans. The years that followed the American Revolution yielded many problems, problems that the standing government, the Articles of the Confederation could not properly address such as: the economic policies of the states, the horrible process to vote on laws, and the lack of taxation (McKeown). It was because of these first shortcomings that our country sought a new way of government, a…

occurring soon after the Revolutionary War. After the war, Congress ran the country as a weak confederate government that attempted to unite the different states. After the Revolutionary War, when the government was first set up under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power went to the states and an intentionally weak central government was formed. This was because Americans were fearful of a strong central government after just severing ties with Great Britain. Shay’s Rebellion would…

The Articles Of Confederation were drafted under the Second Continental Congress, and stood for all thirteen states between 1781 and 1789, when a new Constitution was ratified. While considered to be a failure in the long-term, and an impotent authority from which a central government could efficiently act, the Articles were not a completely ineffective form of government. Under the Articles, congress was able to carry out multiple, influential programs involving the eventual forming of states…

With America’s independence solidly affirmed, it was time for national assembly to figure out what America really stood for. Many brilliant minds assembled in a crowded room, and thus the Constitution was born. Designed to define what America was and symbolised, The Constitution began creating dissonance from before it even made it outside the walls of Independence Hall. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton came to represent two groups in conflict over what exactly the constitution -- that…

The Revolution is over a decade past; it’s 1787, the United States is currently using the Articles of Confederation. The recent events of Shay’s rebellion show us that the Articles of Confederation is inefficient and fails to protect people's natural rights. This raises a concern that the Articles of Confederation should be replaced by the new Constitution. We should ratify the Constitution to better protect people's natural rights. Amos Singletary, a Massachusetts representative, is against the…

constitution, as well take further steps to try and prevent a corrupt government from forming. The founding fathers did not create a transient democracy. If they had created a transient democracy, the constitution would be similar to the Articles of Confederation, and people would vote on everything. They country would have collapsed relatively soon hence the word transient. An enduring republic was actually formed. People could elect people to run the government for them. This new country was…

Legislative Branch became more important as it represented the people. People wanted an extension of political freedom. While the state constitutions were being constructed, the Second Continental Congress formed together to create the Articles of Confederation in 1781, the first national constitution which didn’t necessarily have a positive outcome. Due to the fact state governments weren’t comfortable with giving up all their power to the new government, there was a weaker centralized…

realized it would be necessary to set up a national government.” (“Articles of Confederation”, 2015) The strength of the Articles of Confederation is that it was a start to having a centralized government and it prevented states from dictating their own foreign policy. It showed that the United States…