Shays' Rebellion

The American Revolution was caused by discontent among the colonists. The recent French and Indian War led Britain to tax the colonists, to relieve the debt from that it has accumulated, but did so without the colonists’ representation in Parliament because they were inferior, therefore, unequal. The British control before and during the American Revolution made the colonists unequal, which made them want a political democracy, equal society and a free economy, although the desired changes only…

A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution In 1784 the American revolutionary war concluded and there was economic depression. The Continental Congress was confronted with demands of repayment for wartime loans from a mass of angry individuals and negatives began to arise with the Articles of confederation. America had no way to repay its debts from war and farmers were not able to reimburse the large sum of money for the land they were given in order to provide for the other…

The relationships between the federal government and states have been approached in the constitutional debates among the founding fathers and throughout American history. Interpreting these relationships in various constitutional debates, the decision of either the federal government or states of having power over has led to new policies, revisions to old policies or even repealed some policies as a whole. By understanding the relationships, both federal, states, and local governments can… In…

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 4,500-word…

From the process of creating The Declaration Independence to today’s politics, there have always been conflicts and compromises. This is exactly what happened in the creation process of the Constitution. Both Federalist and Anti-Federalist had to make compromises to make the Constitution and today’s politics possible. In order to understand the compromises made in the Constitution by both sides. We must know why we needed a new constitution. It all started with The United States first form of…

The American Revolution provided the Founding Fathers with a unique opportunity: they were able to create a nation that was entirely their own. Before the Revolution, there was no real colonial government; the colonists were for the most part under British control. The founders were tasked with creating the plans for the government of a new nation from the ground up. With this task, there was a lot of debate over how to structure the government. Arguably the most important debates of the time…

In a short timespan of 239 years in which America has been independent we have become one of the most leading superpowers. Though there are many other characteristics that define America aside from being influential, perhaps one of the most seductive of them all would have to be opportunity. “The American Dream”, a chance to reinvent oneself, a chance at “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. This quote was taken from the very foundation of The United States, The Declaration of…

According to Hall and Coyne (2013), the Constitution has no provisions that have expressly authorized use of the military to implement the rule of law, and the exception of using the military was adopted in face-saving situations. Johnson and Jones (2016) explain that the word "expressly" should be ignored because the PCA is perceived as a constitutionally impermissible drive of limiting the President's powers. The regulations that cover the use of the military during civil disturbances assert…

Intro: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, written by David O. Stewart, describes the grueling process of the ratification of the constitution and provides detailed analyses of the events that occurred during the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787. Stewart is an experienced author and lawyer. He wrote The Lincoln Deception, which examines the unknown facts about the John Wilkes Booth conspiracy. Stewart has written several books that explain his understanding…

anxiousness for the Federalists, as they believed that the nation born from an uprising “had not lost the capacity for violence”, meaning the nation held the potential to erupt in turmoil once again. This capacity was exercised in Shays’ Rebellion, the Whiskey Rebellion, and when Virginia objected the Alien and Sedition Acts, they threatened secession. This fear was exacerbated by the fact that the Federalists yearned to “find the stability that would justify the Revolution”. This fear also came…