Articles Of Confederation Pros And Cons

The Articles of Confederation established a “firm league of friendship” among the States. Each state kept its own freedom, but they came together for a common defense, security, and general welfare. The Articles did not go into effect right away because the ratification, formal approval of each state, was needed first. (Crouse, Kaitlyn. “Constitution” October 2017. Slide #18) Also, the states constantly bickered during the 1780s. The were jealous of each other, refused to support a central government, made foreign agreements, created their own armies, taxed one another on trade and created their own money. The articles seemed to create a government unable to deal with the nation’s troubles. By 1787, delegates from each state were called to
(Crouse, Kaitlyn. “Constitution” October 2017. Slide #20)

In the constitution, Alexander Hamilton was an important person. In practice, his ideas are so reliable. We use that idea in our model world. In the other aspect, he was also a leader of the new Federalist Party, along with John Adams. His politics brought him into conflict with Thomas Jefferson, who was a leader of the new Democratic-Republican Party. Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. (White, David. "The Making of the Constitution." Social Studies for Kids, Aug, 2004, SIRS Discoverer, http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com.) The framers were the delegates who attended the convention of the constitution. Once they made a decision which is to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new government, they began to draft the
However, we cannot say that prohibition will reduce consumption of alcohol. There are more and more gangsters which appeared during that time to sell alcohol to other people. Government were unwillingness to ban the illegal production or sale. In the same time, the price of alcohol were also increasing quickly. People also cannot guarantee the quality of the alcohol. Some people want to drink alcohol but they just can use less money to buy that. So they needed to take risks of toxic alcohol. Although the price of liquor, once it became illegal, shot way up in the period immediately following Prohibition, it soon fell dramatically. The Anti-Saloon League founded in 1893 and its allies had shut down the saloon, only to have it replaced by the “speakeasy.”Organized crime syndicates used profits from illegal liquor to corrupt police, resulting in non-enforcement of Prohibition (and other) laws in some cases and selective enforcement in others. The public was appalled. Add to this the feeling that the widespread flouting of Prohibition laws was undermining respect for law in general and encouraging an attitude of contempt for rightful authority, and it is easy to see why support for repeal of Prohibition grew. (“The 21st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.” National Constitution Center – The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxi.) The other one