Found at the very end of Article I‚ Section 8‚ the Elastic Clause provides the government with an immense power and responsibility‚ “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers‚ and all other Powers vested by this Constitution
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The U.S. has just won its independence from Britain. A new form of government needs to be instituted. Out came the Articles of Confederation. Under the articles the federal government had very little power. It was quite clear the articles would not last for long. The next form of government would be under the Constitution. Now the federal government would have considerably more power‚ but now the problem of forcing the nation to respect that new found power became more prominent. By nature when a
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countries at that time were monarchies. It is clear that the framers intended for fair representation of all people. “the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the People of the Several States.” (Constitution‚ Article I‚ sections 2 and 3) the government is being set up so that the people have a voice‚ giving the people power. “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution‚ nor prohibited by it to the states‚ are reserved to the states respectively
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Compromise‚ it confronted the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation‚ and it also addressed the grievances in the Declaration on Independence. The Great Compromise The Great Compromise was created by Roger Sherman in order to settle a debate between the large states and the small states. James Madison created a plan for the large states‚ which he called The Virginia Plan. While‚ William Peterson devised a plan for the small states‚
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I am writing for the Federalists and will talk about a proposal for the ratification of the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation has both its strengths and weaknesses. A Strength would be that the government passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787‚ which allowed the Northwest Territories to organize their own governments. It has also banned slavery from the region. A weakness of the Confederation would be that the congress had no power to coin money; therefore each state developed its own
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government is going to work.Why we have created this document is because the Articles of Confederation aren’t working‚ and people think that the constitution are not going to work either.The proposed will give us Constitution nothing but failure. The Constitution shouldn’t be ratified because this form of government has never been tried‚ even by Great Britain‚ and it could destroy the country a lot worse then the Articles of Confederation‚ it not only will do that but‚ even with the risk‚ we will
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From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation did not provide the U.S. with an effective government because of the weakness of the Articles. The Constitution is stronger and much more effective than the Articles. Under the Articles congress could not collect money‚ we couldn’t pay our bills‚ and the government had no good way to stop rebellion. The constitution improved on this in many ways. I don’t think the Articles would be so bad if we did not have to compare them to the much greater Constitution
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in an extensive public discussion about the proposed Constitution‚ publishing a series of widely-published and carefully read articles explaining their positions. James Madison‚ Alexander Hamilton and John Jay‚ writing under the pseudonym Publius‚ wrote dozens of articles supporting the Constitution which are now collectively referred to as The Federalist Papers. Articles written in response by George Mason‚ Elbridge Gerry and Patrick Henry are‚ appropriately‚ known as the Antifederalist Papers
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were treated unequally. For example‚ the circumstances of the African Americans did not reflect these ideals truly‚ as they are referred to as “such Persons” in Article 1‚ Section 9‚ Clause 1 of the Constitution: People. Yet in that very same clause‚ they were spoken of as goods to be taxed upon importation. In addition to this‚ in Article 4‚ Section 2‚ Clause 3‚ they speak of slaves as property to be returned to their owners‚ to be “delivered up” as if
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. Compare the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. Which document did a better job of protecting liberties? Running a government? Explain your answer with specific examples. The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution are only six years apart in history. Knowing this you would think that they have very few differences but it is the complete opposite. As soon as the Articles of Confederation were ratified‚ it got everyone thinking about how to create a good system of government
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