Article of Confederation and the Constitution Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Article of Confederation and the Constitution Introduction The article of confederation was the first constitution on the United States of America‚ established in 1781 between the thirteen former British colonies (Krill‚ 2014) . During this time‚ the colonies needed to unite to fight against the British government and give them power. Although the article of confederating succeeded in giving the
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The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution‚ although both written documents explaining how the American government would be ran‚ they have very distinct qualities about them. During the Constitutional Convention‚ instead of revising the Articles of Confederation as originally planned‚ those attending the meeting felt that a whole new document needed to be written. Legislation‚ the sovereignty of states‚ and the executive branch were all major differences between the two documents. Legislation
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Reaction Assignment #3 Professor Keller- History 1311 My father was a local merchant in the city of Boston in 1764 when Parliament passed The Sugar Act1 in yet another attempt to increase Britain’s revenue after the end of the Seven Years War. One of nine children‚ my family struggled financially during the upcoming years. I suppose my parents worried constantly that we would suffer economic loss as Great Britain passed many taxation acts2 which further tightened any financial gain
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It was the year of 1787 and the country was in conflict. The new constitution had just been written and states were deciding to ratify it (Davidson‚ 205). This constitution would hopefully protect better than the Articles of Confederation did. As with many other situations‚ there were two sides; the Federalists and the Antifederalists. Federalists agree with the Constitution while Antifederalists disagree (Davidson‚ 205). Each side had valid arguments‚ but the Federalists more so. Federalists argued
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Effectiveness of Articles of Confederation While the Articles of Confederation unified the American colonies for the first time‚ the individual states had a hard time allowing a central government to solely control their territory. Due to fear of an all powerful monarchy like the one they had experienced in England the colonies were wary of allowing a central government certain powers. These certain powers included control of commerce‚ ability to tax‚ and even the ability to act directly upon individual
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The first constitution of the U.S was The Articles of Confederation‚ which were ratified in 1781 and was eventually replaced with The U.S Constitution. The U.S Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation because the articles were very weak. The articles weren’t strong enough to allow the government to enforce their laws and they were lacking power and strength. The U.S Constitution made the national government more powerful‚ also it established a lot of basic rights for citizens and states
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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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DBQ: Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation are considered to have created a highly controversial period in American history. Ironically‚ these articles also provided a steady form of government for many years after the revolutionary war. For many economic‚ political‚ and social reasons the Articles of Confederation were an ineffective form of government for the United States. Economically‚ the United States was struggling to stay above water. After the war inflation was
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The Articles of Confederation came prior to what is known as the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation were ratified on March 1‚ 1781‚ and the Constitution was signed on September 17‚ 1787. The two documents were signed in years of one another; however‚ they share similarities as well as differences. Overview and Issues with The Articles of Confederation The first draft of The Articles of Confederation was composed by Benjamin Franklin; three additional drafts were created (History.com‚ 2009)
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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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