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    How can the government stop tyranny ? The Articles of Confederation seemed to fail trying to do the job. The challenge was to create powerful rules that everyone would be able to live by. They weren’t just any powerful rules it was the Constitution‚ and it made sure that no one had more power or was much more powerful than any other. “In the compound republic of America‚ the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments.”James Madison came up with a compound government

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    Guard Against Tyranny? Imagine oneself back at the constitutional convention in seventeen eighty-seven. All of the brightest minds and most respected people in one place‚ Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ in the southeast of the state‚ near New York. Because it is May‚ and just beginning to be summer‚ it is hot‚ and because all the windows are closed in the interest of secrecy‚ it is stifling as well. Fifty-five well known thinkers of the age‚ all white males‚ have come. They range in age from James Madison

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    Imagine the United States being lead by a power-hungry air head. The US ’s current situation isn’t very far off. Luckily‚ our Constitution prevents the situation of them being all power full. In the year of 1787‚ 55 delegates from the first states gathered together and created a document that gave birth to a thriving nation. Some had no idea what was to take place‚ but eventually‚ all decided the Articles of Confederation no longer were fit enough to help them prosper. Some may wonder how the Constitution

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    Congress on September 25‚ 1789 and became part of the Bill of Rights on December 15‚ 1791 ‚ it was voted for by 9 out of 12 states . James Madison was the one to introduce the 8th amendment into the Bill of Rights ‚ Madison is also known as the “Father of the Constitution ’’ because he wrote all of the other ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. I guess you could say that Madison “borrowed’’ the 8th amendment form the 1681 English Bill of Rights which also said that excessive bails and cruel and unusual

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    Tyranny is a malicious enemy‚ it takes over and‚ will make you go against your will. The Articles Of Confederation was the first step the American Colonists took to get rid tyranny‚ but that dramatically failed. The Articles Of Confederation was missing many key parts such as a central government‚ there was no president‚ and the wasn’t even a court system. Also it didn’t justify a currency for the whole country. When you went to other states‚ they all had different currencies‚ so it was almost impossible

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    constitution created a just government by creating a strong central government. To help structure the government‚ they made three branches. Those branches are legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial. These branches were made to make sure no one or a specific group had too much power over the people. Making three branches lets the government split the power equally. The legislative branch is made up two houses of congress and the main thing they are in charge of is making laws. James Madison took notes over the

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    defend us against tyranny. How exactly did they do it though? In 1787 fifty five men met in Philidalphia representing The American States in order to fix their government. They did this so everybody from the States could have a say‚ and all of them agree equally to guard against tyranny. The Constitution had guarded against tyranny in four different ways which were Federalism‚ Separation of powers‚ Checks and balances and Big states vs. small states. The first guard against tyranny was Federalism

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    Preventing Tyranny In the summer of 1787‚ fifty-five delegates representing twelve of the thirteen states met in Philadelphia to fix the national government to prevent tyranny‚ but what went wrong in the first place? Most of the participants were wealthy‚ all white‚ and were male. New Hampshire was not able to show until July. Rhode Island chose the option to not to show at all. The problem with the current Articles of Confederation at that time was that there was no chief executive‚ no court system

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    favorable character was James Madison because no only was he well spoken‚ but he seemed the most prepared. He presented alternatives to Hamilton’s economic plan such as replacing the Whiskey tax with a higher import tax. Madison understands poor farmers cannot afford to pay the tax and that the best way to prevent riots is to eliminate the Whiskey tax. Madison also believes that debts from the revolutionary War should be left to the states unless it is America’s debts to foreign powers. I support his belief

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    the United States would be changed for eternity. The Constitution was signed to create a democracy by which the United States was governed to protect against tyranny (cruel or unjust powers). Before the Constitution‚ under the Articles of Confederation‚ there was no chief executive or leader‚ no court system‚ and there wasn’t even a way for the central government to force a state to pay taxes. So‚ how did the Constitution guard against tyranny? Federalism‚ separation of powers‚ checks and balances

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