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    also destroyed and replaced by democracy. One way that the spirit of 76 was fulfilled was by slavery being abolished in many states.The American Revolution was a chance for slaves to fight for their own independence. During the war The Continental Congress in 1774 called for the complete abolition of the slave trade and in 1775 Philadelphia Quakers founded the world’s first antislavery society. And Gradually more states started emancipating slaves. People wanted slavery…

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    concerned, the Articles of Confederation was the basic law of the country, and it was a document written by the thirteen original colonies which laid the foundation of the constitution. The main reason: the beginning of the founding of the United States, although from the British colonial yoke, but a thousand things wait to be done. At this time, they need to solve the problem is: economic difficulties, political instability and loose confederation system. The "Confederation" system makes the…

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    could end the political connections with the Britain and the Plan of Confederation could be drafted. This resulted in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where 13 colonies became 13 states but were not under a central government. Furthermore, the Article of Confederation was proposed in 1771, which was America’s first governing document. This Article of Confederation had failed because the national government and the Congress were not given enough power. The Article did not provide the…

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    After the battle of the 13 colonies and a successful independence from the British monarchy, the Articles of Confederation became the great experiment to achieve freedom to all citizens of America. Establishing the first constitution was a call against monarchy or any privileged aristocrats who were looking for total dominance. Nevertheless, as every first experiment, the Articles of Confederation had critical defects such as a deficiency of central government to help or defend the well-being of…

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    Articles Of Confederation are impuissant and short-lived.An continued absence of a new document that conclusively clarifies our affairs will inevitably lead us to defeat. It was unquestionably imperative that we held the constitutional convention. The rationale is quite evident considering all the affairs we don't have elucidations for.It was primarily held to fix all of our concerns, but in our denouement we realized we had to compose a whole new document. The Articles of Confederations are…

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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…

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    Articles Of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution for the United States. These articles gave most of the power to the state governments. They kept the states independent which caused several problems. One issue is that they lacked the ability to levy taxes. Another issue is that they could not regulate commerce. Because of all these issues they ended up needing a stronger government which lead them to the Constitutional Convention. Constitutional Convention…

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    ultimately decided to give more power to the Federal government rather than the state governments because the articles of confederation wasn’t running our country in the right direction. The Articles of confederation had no central power, at all. The Federal government then became the main focus of the two contracts, because it was more stable. Under the Articles of Confederation the state held all the power and they gave some power to the federal government, which caused economic, trading and…

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    Continental Congress was more significant in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War. In the Second continental congress people wanted to know what they were needed to accomplish to help the colonies that they were living in. The first continental congress basically united the colonies so that the boycott British goods and other things helped lead to the next continental congress. The second continental congress had a matter of fact declared independence and made articles of confederation.…

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    The articles of confederation is a written document that accepted the functions of the national government of the united states after it declared independence from great Britain. The articles of confederation was an agreement among the 13 colonies (original states), that served as its first constitution. The articles formed a wartime confederation of states, with a limited central government. The Constitutional Convention was made to examine and fix the weak government that remained under the…

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