Congress of the Confederation

Congress decided their current form of government, the Articles of Confederation, had many flaws. It was too weak to stop things such as Shay’s Rebellion. Because of this they organized a convention, many state representatives showed up, but some did not because they were pleased with how it was and didn’t want to change this. The people who were against changing the Articles of Confederation are called Anti-Federalists, and people that were for this are called Federalists. As a Federalist I…

at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.”A similar “dark time” occurred after the revolutionary war. In 1787, a constitutional convention was held in order to mend the errors created by the articles of confederation. The new government was simply not strong enough to meet the needs of the nation. In order to fix these problems, the members of the Constitutional Convention needed to frame a strong government that supported the need of the new nation, yet…

of United States was the Article of Confederation written in 1777 and ratified by the states four years after. It was helpful for coordinating the War of Independence. After the War for Independence most Americans could feel the weakness of Confederation government because it wasn’t able to regulate and control as it was supposed to do; moreover, the Congress was lacking a secure source of revenue to support new economy. It was very week government, where Congress couldn’t collect taxes, no…

monarchy, were all but terrified of a strong central government; therefore, they wrote the articles of confederation. It gave most of the power to the states. Article II from the Articles of Confederation states, “Each State retains its Sovereignty, freedom 1231.3 and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled” (United States, Article II). To elaborate, it means that each state is…

government, why and how are they able to function separately and also, their purpose is for the people of the nation. For the first branch of government, the legislative branch, this branch was first established in Article 1 of the Articles of Confederation. The founding fathers of the nation thus intended for this particular branch of government to be the sole form of government to be able to make and create the laws for the country. (Lenz & Holman, 2004). The Legislative branch…

States Constitution. It is important to note the dates that each document was written, as this has bearing on the relationship between each document. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, edited by the Second Continental Congress, and adopted by them on July, 4 1776. It was a written statement severing political independence of the thirteen original American colonies from Great Britain, therefore declaring themselves and independent nation. It also declared a list…

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represent the whole country. Many of the delegates were afraid of giving a central government too much power, because they believed it would be no different than having a king. Very soon after the American revolutionaries completed the Articles of Confederation, they realized that the documents were inadequate to the task of unifying a diverse group of newly-independent colonies. A debate thus ensued, between the Federalist side, led by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, and the…

September 17, 1787, a document was signed. They call this documnet the Constitution. 55 men wrote the Constitution. James Madison is known as “ the father of the constitution”. The reason they signed the Constutuion was because the Articles of Confederation was too weak and they decided they needed a stronger but still limited government. They needed a stronger government because of Shays Rebellion. Leaders thought that violence and rebellion would spread if they didn’t get a stronger…

led an armed rebellion to protest the poverty of the people due to the high taxes and economic depression. Shay’s rebellion was believed by some historians to be a wakeup call that demonstrated how weak the government was under the Articles of Confederation; and ultimately led to the creation of a new system that is still our constitution today by generating discussion and deep concern. While believed to be a turning point in American history, some historians argued that it was not a significant…