Congress of the Confederation

a. Magna Carta. The first written constitution in European history was the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta represents freedom from oppression and was an influence on our Founders of America showing liberty as they separated from the England. It protects the freedoms from unlawful searches and seizures, a right to a speedy trial, a right to a jury trial in both a criminal and a civil case, and protection from loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. b. Mayflower Compact. The…

When America was founded, there were large concerns about the government being the same when America was colonized by Great Britain. In order to prevent having an abusive centralized government, the Articles of Confederation were put into place. However, this resulted in an overly weak central government. This weakness lead to a large separation between states. Each state had its own army and currency. Several years later, John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton wrote the Federalist…

On May 25, 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the Articles of Confederation as it was inadequate in dealing with with problems of the states. A new constitution and system of government was created through a great compromise which was called the Connecticut Compromise/ Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise. The compromise still affects American lives today as it is responsible for the Senate and the House of Representatives. In order to understand the Connecticut Compromise,…

Federalists vs Anti-Federalists After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the weak Articles of Confederation were replaced by the Constitution. It was turned over to the states for approval and for some it brought back fears and memories of King George, while for others it fixed the problems of the Articles of Confederation. Upon completion of it’s writing, a debate was started concerning ratification. Some people believed that the Constitution gave too much power to a central…

establishing a stable government after the constitution. They each made their own contributions to help the government after the fall of the articles of confederation. The Articles of Confederation began to fail after the war of independence because there was no way for them to really collect revenue; too much power was given to the states, and congress did not have a lot of power. George Washington was the only man to win a presidential election unanimously, He was known for his great ability…

One of the notable by-products of the Revolutionary War was the writing of the new Constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses that affected the function of the nation and government. Some of these weaknesses were Congress could pass laws, but had zero power to enforce them. Another problem of the Articles of Confederation, it did not establish a federal court…

basic freedoms. It took a while for the Constitution to get ratified not really because of the different views and compromises but because of the distance between the colonies. One of the biggest reasons for the replacement of the Articles of Confederation was Shays rebellion the people realized at that point that they need something that would protect our borders but also top the chaos from within the borders. In 1789 our government as we pretty much know it today was written out in a…

They opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and claimed that the state government needed more power than it had been given under the Articles of Confederation, but the Constitution had gone too far in giving the majority of the rights to the Federal government. They believed that this concentration of power in the national government would lead to tyranny within the United States. Thomas Jefferson and…

Take the Federalist Papers, for example, they were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, urging the ratification of the Constitution after the Articles of Confederation were abolished and America was searching for a new government. They proposed new ideas and concepts not otherwise considered during this time period, one of those ideas was Checks and Balances in government. Federalist Paper no. 51 states, “It…

founding fathers realized that the Articles of Confederation were greatly flawed, and took on the great responsibility to write a brand new Constitution from scratch. There were a few minor bumps along the way, resulting in three compromises. These three compromises were, The Great Compromise, the Three Fifths Compromise, and lastly the Executive Branch Compromise. The first issue people debated was how many votes should each state get in Congress. The two sides in the debate were the Virginia…