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    A Comparison and Contrast of the Articles of Confederation and The Constitution To understand what the benefits and drawbacks  were‚ it is important to compare and contrast the positions in which the documents differ. I believe that they are thus: 1. Taxation - The articles allow the congress to levy taxes on each state which means that the taxation burden has to be readjusted within each state among its populace and taxation is not equal ’Federally’ whereas in the constitution‚ the Congress

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    The Articles of Confederation from 1781 to 1789 did not provide the United States with an effective form of government because of its problems in terms of domestic policy‚ foreign policy‚ and economics. Domestic policy‚ or the set of decisions that a government makes relating to things that directly affect the people in its own country‚ was not adequate enough to solve strife between states. The Articles stated that state legislatures chose representatives for the house‚ rather than the people themselves

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    Although the Articles of Confederation successfully steered fledgling America through the Revolutionary War‚ in peacetime society its flaws in unifying the country became increasingly clear. Largely thanks to the insistence of Alexander Hamilton‚ a delegation came together in May of 1787 to either revise the Articles or create a new government. With George Washington as president of the Constitutional Convention‚ the delegates drafted the Constitution by September‚ leaving the states with the responsibility

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    their independence. The founding fathers completely moved away from the ideas of a monarchial government and created a new one that came from the ideas of a republicanism. During the time of the Revolutionary War we were under the Articles of Confederation‚ But the Articles granted independence to each state. Which lacked the authority to make the states work together to solve national problems. The Constitution of the United States sets forth the nation’s fundamental laws. It also establishes the form

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    During Confederation‚ the Black Americans were divided. I believe they were separated because they traveled to different regions‚ they settled in different provinces and only some of them went to fight in the US civil war. Black Americans traveled to different regions to escape slavery. 30‚000 of them traveled to Canada‚ many of them went south and some stayed and didn’t want to escape because they were afraid of getting caught. Black Americans were attracted by recruitment campaigns to settle

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    The Articles of Confederation versus the United States Constitution HIS 110 September 29‚ 2010 The Articles of Confederation versus the United States Constitution Before the Consitution‚ there was the Articles of Confederation. Created during the Revolutionary War; the Congress began to put in motion the Articles for ratification in 1777. This was the first attempt of the United States to establish a working government. At the time‚ it became a requirement for all 13 colonies to ratify

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    Articles of Confederation Essay In 1777 Congress made the Articles of Confederation‚ the first constitution of the United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation Congress had several powers which were; authority to conduct foreign affairs‚ maintain armed forces‚ borrow money‚ and issue currency. Although Congress had powers‚ their powers were limited. Due to problems with British‚ the 13 states refused to give Congress two important powers. These powers were that Congress had no

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    grade History‚ I am positive I was taught about the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution; however‚ considering that before this week I wouldn’t have been able to differentiate between the two documents‚ or even speak to what they were about‚ I cannot confidently say that I learned about them. The module assigned to us this week in class helped me learn about the differences between the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation; in addition to discovering what the Federalists and

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    The Articles of Confederation were the first official government of the United States. Due to the Articles many problems‚ it was eventually replaced with the Constitution. The constitution solved the following three weaknesses of the Article of Confederation: No national court system‚ No executive or judicial branch‚ and one vote per state‚ regardless of size. No national court system was a major flaw in the Articles of Confederation due to the lack of a judicial court in order to maintain the judgement

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    Analyze how the U.S. Constitution overcame the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation The article of confederation was intended to create weak federal government; it prompted many issues that inevitably needed to be addressed by the government. That lead to a meeting where the new pan of government called the constitution was writ. Once created‚ that constitution with time resolve some of the issues that under the article of confederation. One thing the constitutional did was to give the leader of

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