Confederation Weaknesses
Read the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution at the National Archives link on the student website.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss the following:
• How the Constitution addressed the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
• How the Constitution addressed the complaints in the Declaration of Independence
• The Great Compromise and how representation of states in Congress is determined
Include a more detailed discussion of one of the following topics in your paper:
• The method of election for officials in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, and executive branch
• The Electoral College and the indirect election of senators
• The treatment of slaves for the purpose of representation …show more content…
The Articles were forst adopted in 1777 by the Continental Congress. In 1778 a second copy was ordered since the first was found to be incorrect. It wasn’t until 1781 that all 13 states signed and ratified the Articles of Confederation. By 1787, congress planned to all meet in Philadelphia to revise the Articles. The Articles of Confederation did establish some kind of order, but there was much chaos without a central ruling government. It was almost as if the separate states were their own country. There was no executive branch of government, and the constitution made it so there would be a president that would have executive power along with a vice president and would hold office for a term of four years. The Articles of confederation gave no power to a central government for taxation or regulation of commerce. The constitution addressed this by giving congress the power to set and collect taxes and regulate commerce with foreign countries and within the states. Before the constitution there were no federal courts, and they addressed that by giving all judicial power to one supreme court and inferior courts. Examples of inferior courts are state supreme, local courts, and appellate courts. The Articles of Confederation gave no power to control military and this was amended b giving congress the power to create and support an army and navy, and to make rules for them to abide
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss the following:
• How the Constitution addressed the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
• How the Constitution addressed the complaints in the Declaration of Independence
• The Great Compromise and how representation of states in Congress is determined
Include a more detailed discussion of one of the following topics in your paper:
• The method of election for officials in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, and executive branch
• The Electoral College and the indirect election of senators
• The treatment of slaves for the purpose of representation …show more content…
The Articles were forst adopted in 1777 by the Continental Congress. In 1778 a second copy was ordered since the first was found to be incorrect. It wasn’t until 1781 that all 13 states signed and ratified the Articles of Confederation. By 1787, congress planned to all meet in Philadelphia to revise the Articles. The Articles of Confederation did establish some kind of order, but there was much chaos without a central ruling government. It was almost as if the separate states were their own country. There was no executive branch of government, and the constitution made it so there would be a president that would have executive power along with a vice president and would hold office for a term of four years. The Articles of confederation gave no power to a central government for taxation or regulation of commerce. The constitution addressed this by giving congress the power to set and collect taxes and regulate commerce with foreign countries and within the states. Before the constitution there were no federal courts, and they addressed that by giving all judicial power to one supreme court and inferior courts. Examples of inferior courts are state supreme, local courts, and appellate courts. The Articles of Confederation gave no power to control military and this was amended b giving congress the power to create and support an army and navy, and to make rules for them to abide