Congress of the Confederation

The Articles of Confederation had many issues with it and at times was completely unable to work as desired; when the Constitution was created it was considered to be one of the best things that had occurred. In 1787 the Constitutional Convention came together and they were after much arguing and finally compromising they came up with what we know as the Constitution (History of the United States Forming a New Nation (1784-1819)). Prior to the Constitution, states were governed under the…

felt extremely dissatisfied by the government under the Articles of Confederation that had created an incredibly weak central government, where the states were not united, but were instead loosely connected and were acting as independent countries. The Articles of Confederation was created where each state had one vote, no matter the population or size of the state and that in itself is unfair and unjust. The Articles of Confederation had many problems and all in all, was unfit for a nation that…

first words of the Constitution are “We the People.” The founding fathers, including Federalist Hamilton and anti-federalist Jefferson, all recognized that a Constitution is meant to serve its people above all else. This is why the Articles of Confederation had given states so much power. However, Shays’ Rebellion showed that serving the people did not simply mean empowering states. “We the People,” is a statement that people must come together as Americans and care about the interests of…

Convention was held in Philadelphia. The task? Create a new form of government with both strong state and federal systems. The document created, The U.S. Constitution, would become the benchmark for democracy and freedom. Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation were used from 1781-1787 as the first real form of government for the United States. During the post-American Revolution era, the U.S. needed a set of rules to accompany the birth of the new nation. Unfortunately, as…

The Articles of Confederation was the active form of government in America by 1777, despite not being universally ratified until 1781. During the early years following the Revolutionary War, Hamilton recognized the budding defects in current governmental structure, most notably the fact that the federal government could not wrangle the various State Legislatures to move in unison on a path to preserve the Union and protect America’s newfound liberty. Hamilton could see the writing on the wall,…

Therefore in November 1777, they held the very first national constitutional convention to discuss issues as such. The results from the meeting seemed to be lucrative and as a result of the meeting we have the establishment of the Articles of Confederation four years later in 1781. At last, we have laws and now everything will be on the up and up right…um not exactly. We would get a first glimpse of the disaster…

The United States Constitution did a better job of achieving the principles that the American Revolution fought for than the Articles of Confederation did. The United States Constitution applied and enforced all of the rights that were gained in the Revolutionary war and granted the United States with a democracy. The Government could be divided into three branches of power; the colonist could choose who they wanted to represent them in the House of Representatives, and through the Bill of…

Essay Topic: Why is the Constitution still relevant today? The Constitution, being the Supreme Law of the Land, plays an essential role in society today. It is a replacement for the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was created by the Founding Fathers & contains 3 parts which include, the Preamble, Articles (7), and Amendments (27). The Preamble describes its purpose. The Articles forms the structure of the government & tells how it could be changed. The Amendments classifies changes…

The Articles of the Confederation basically is the foundation that today’s government was constructed of. These articles established a government within the United States and a citizenship in which gave equal rights (Schultz, n.d.). The articles continued accomplishments and some of its greatest moments were the organization and developing of the western lands acquired. Even with these achievements, the articles had more weaknesses than it had achievements. The articles had no direction on how…

Articles of Confederation, adopted by the Continental Congress, was the United States’ first constitution. It was effective from March 1, 1781, until it came to an abrupt end in 1789 because of the many difficulties it possessed. One of the many weakness’ of the Articles was that it did not have direct communication and did not focus on individuals. Its main purpose was directed towards state power. Every state separately dealt with taxes, currency, and militia. The Articles of Confederation did…