The United States Constitution overcame the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and provide for the organization of the new government. In the 1780’s‚ the United States created their first formal government after the colonists won the Revolutionary War against the British. The Articles of Confederation is a unicameral legislature where all states have a single vote. The Constitutional Convention is a bicameral where the House of Representatives has votes towards population‚ and the senate has
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Constitution is the source of all government powers and provides limitations on the government that protect the natural rights of U.S. citizens. Prior to its creation‚ the 13 original states comprising the U.S.‚ were united under the Articles of Confederation. These articles entrusted a Confederate Congress with the authority to wage war‚ mediate disputes between states as well as set weights and measures. However‚ the Confederate Congress was completely funded by individual states‚ did not have the authority
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wanted to have a form of document that tied them together as a whole nation‚ to give them a kind of governmental structure. They quickly came up with the Articles of Confederation‚ which was not meant to be permanent. It was a temporary document so the colonies could say they had come together as a nation. As a quick fix to big problem the Article of Confederation soon became inadequate. The federal government had little power‚ it was a congress made of people who were just delegates of the state
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The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution are two contrasting documents written by the Founding Fathers. The documents are very different from one another yet they share a few rare similarities. The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation prompted Congress to scrap them and begin again with the Constitution. Not all problems were solved by the Constitution‚ but they were significantly reduced. In any case‚ the Constitution‚ the foundation of America‚ has stood for centuries with very
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mess now and by ratifying the Constitution; all that is wrong will be fixed. It will strengthen trade and protect American name and character. In Document 3‚ we see an excerpt from a letter John ay wrote to George Washington. He said that in the Articles of Confederation there were errors that need to be addressed and corrected. The colonies were disunited and in need of a strong central government. Thomas Jefferson also believed that the Constitution should be ratified‚ and in order to protect the
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“From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government.” This statement is quite bold considering that the Articles lasted only eight years. In some ways this form of government was effective and in some ways it was not. It did provide the newly formed American colonies with the means to govern themselves in the manner that they wished to be governed and set the rules for operations of the United States government. On the other hand‚ it was ineffective
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one nation. In 1777‚ the Continental Congress wrote the Articles of Confederation‚ which became known as the first official government of the United States. While this new form of government had multiple achievements‚ it also had many failures‚ which eventually led to its replacement with the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation was a very influential document and greatly impacted the history of the United States. While the Articles of Confederation is often noted for its many flaws‚ it
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Writing the United States Constitution was a very long very hard process. They needed a new constitution‚ they failed with the Articles of Confederation‚ they couldn’t stay unified in the face of a crisis like Shay’s Rebellion; every state had their own government but they needed to be unified. The problem was that everyone wanted it to be perfect‚ but the debates over what to include were very controversy. Not everyone could decide on one thing‚ with a country filled with a diverse group of people
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to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution had to address the complaints that were in the Declaration of Independence. Then it had to make a decision on the Great Compromise. The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution had some similarities. They were both official documents of the United States. They both were laws of the United States. The difference is that the Articles had flaws that needed to be fixed. The Articles of Confederation was ratified in
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and urged the legislature to take military action. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of Federalists and the first Secretory of Treasury that established a federal bank. John Jay helped with the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris. He served in the Articles of Confederation. And he helped write the Federalist Papers. Later he became the first chief of the U.S. Supreme Court. James Madison help fight for the freedom of slaves. He helped write the Bill of Rights and became known as the Father of the
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