Congress of the Confederation

was much greater under the Virginia Plan than under the Articles of Confederation. This plan gave the national legislature the rights to override state laws, and if necessary, enforce federal law by force. The second plan was the New Jersey Plan. Under this proposal, power was delegated to a unicameral legislature to raise revenue and regulate commerce. The states would also maintain equal representation in the national Congress and the power was derived from the states rather than the people.…

It is apparent that the American Revolution occurred during a tumultuous time in U.S. history. There is much speculation to which event specifically provoked chaos. After the colonial elites rebelled and the infamous Boston Tea Party ensued, it is safe to say that the American Revolution was caused by greed and war.England provided colonies with protection, laws, trade, and most importantly, money. All of the law was enforced by the king, which left citizens with little to no power. Much to…

The United States had won independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War with the U.S. government being the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation failed in not being able to stabilize the Federal Government after the war and a new government was drawn up by the United States’ best and brightest. This new governing document is the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution created a new form of government in which to stabilize the government, economy, culture…

The Tenth Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights and was ratified in December 1791, clearly declares that all powers that are not granted to the federal government are reserved for the state government and its constituents. However all state governments mimic that of their federal counterpart, and subsequently they all follow the same organized system using three, equal in power and authority branches consisting of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; this system is known…

When the Articles of Confederation proved to be a poor system of government for the United States a new Constitution was made. As with any political document, there were those who supported the document and those who opposed it. These groups were at odds with each other for much of the ratification process. Federalists and Anti-Federalists fought and debated over the Constitution. What the words meant, how they were enforced, and who enforced them were often things at the center of the conflict.…

crisis of 1846-1847, and the industrial revolution, central Europe, including the nations of Germany and Austria, erupted in heated revolutions seeking equality/reform from their respective governments in February 1848. By March 1848, the German Confederation saw an uprising in the Urban and Rural Popular classes as a result of the “political powder keg” of Neo-Feudal regimes, the new political force of nationalism, and the alliance of middle class bourgeoisie and working class against the…

Although celebrated as a pioneering democracy, the United States devised a system of government that deviates from purely democratic principles through the Constitution. That is, when assessing the intentions of the framers, the Constitution’s premeditated deviation from an absolute popular rule establishes a system of governance that prioritizes the security of American liberties. Moreover, by examining the nuances of the Constitution through the framers’ lenses, the departure from purely…

of the state governments, between the Congress and the people, to execute any one power vested in the general government, and that the constitution and laws of every state are nullified and declared void, so far as they are or shall be inconsistent with this constitution, or the laws made in pursuance of it, or with treaties made under the authority of the United States. — The government then, so far as it extends, is a complete one, and not a confederation“(Brutus I). Even though the bill of…

Although the American Revolutionary War lasted only from 1775 to 1783, some might argue that the American Revolution lasted from 1754 to 1814. The American Revolution lasted 60 years because that is how long it took for the world as a whole to transform into recognizing America as an independent nation. A revolution is a change. In this case a change in the mindset of the people, not necessarily just during a war. The War of 1812 was the end of the American Revolution because not only did the…

allowed to do the exact same thing you fought to get away from. This was the battle being waged between the Federalist and the Antifederalist about how to govern the newly independent country. The Federalist wanted to replace the Articles of Confederation with a Constitution and form a central government and the antifederalist wanted to keep the majority of government within the states locally. The Antifederalist movement did not like the idea of a constitution. With the war for independence…