The three most significant challenges that the United States had to face under the Articles of Confederation were: 1) managing the western expansion‚ 2) foreign relations‚ and 3) the rising debt‚ (Shultz‚n.d.). The most important issue at the time was the push to westward to settle new colonies‚ (Shultz‚n.d.). After the Revolutionary War‚ many Americans began to move westward towards Pennsylvania‚ Kentucky‚ and the Nashville area of Tennessee. They began to settle in the Appalachian Mountains
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Constitution and the Articles of Confederation have similarities‚ they have many differences‚ which proved that the Articles of Confederation were a weaker document in comparison. It can be said that the Articles were the "rough draft" to the final living document‚ which significantly influenced and "ruled" our government‚ as it still does today. Because of their experience with Great Britain‚ the 13 states feared a powerful central government. For this reason‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ written in
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After the Americans gained independence from Britain in 1783 in the revolution. The colonies began to change their economic‚ social and political system‚ and began to write their new constitution that lead to the override of the Articles of Confederation in 1781. The major change the Americans accomplished was the separation from the monarchy. Thomas Paine said “the nearer any government approaches to a republic the less business there is for a king.” (Common Sense 1776) During the process of a new
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the states. The Articles of confederation was first drafted in November 15‚ 1777. The articles of confederation stated that all 13 states functioned alone and were free to conduct business as they wanted. The states were obliged to come together in situations such as war or foreign affairs. (The Post Revolution) The articles of revolution presented many weaknesses that eventually resulted in the birth of the declaration of independence. Because the articles of confederation did not permit the
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enforce the laws‚ and provide many different services. Also‚ it needs to make sure it brings everyone together. Finally‚ if the government has a problem it should be able to be fixed easily. When the 13 colonies had the Articles of Confederation it couldn’t do many of the things it was supposed to do‚ thus it failed as a government. First‚ the Articles couldn’t fulfill the purposes of government like it was supposed to. They were supposed to set up many laws to keep the states and the country as
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Jay. These articles were written to persuade the states into ratifying the constitution‚ saying that it was the best form of government for America. Shays’ Rebellion- An armed uprising in Massachusetts caused by high taxes that lead to debt. The government took away the farmers farms because they couldn’t pay the taxes‚ and they rebelled. The Articles of Confederation were too weak to suppress the uprising‚ and led people to believe they needed to strengthen the federal government. Articles of Confederation-
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In November 1777‚ the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union—the United States’ first written constitution. The Articles of Confederation formed a constitution concerned primarily with limiting the powers of the central government; however‚ the central government was based entirely on Congress. At the time‚ there was no executive branch because they wanted to limit the government and not have it too powerful. This meant that the execution of its laws would
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Successes of the Articles of Confederation Everyday‚ people go through trial and error. The Founding Fathers first created the Articles of Confederation in order to have a central government that did not have too much power. However‚ this did not work‚ as the central government was made too weak and the states did as they pleased. However‚ without this step‚ the Founding Fathers would have never created the document the United States goes by today‚ the Constitution. The Articles‚ however‚ did have
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The primary purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to create an alliance among the states where each was deemed independent‚ allowing the federal government to only have power over common defense‚ security of liberties‚ and general welfare of citizens. Under the Articles‚ problems of decentralization developed that separated Congress from the powers that allowed it to govern the states appropriately. Decentralization is the process of redistributing or dispersing functions‚ powers‚ or things
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The Articles of Confederation were drafted between 1776 and 1777 by the Continental Congress‚ although it did not go into effect until 1781 (Schultz‚ 2013). Under the Articles of Confederation‚ each state was granted independence. There was no separation of power‚ no president‚ or anyone to serve as the executive power. There was a Committee of the States. The Committee of the States consisted of one representative from each state; this was the most centralized authority with little to no powers
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