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    United States does not carries protracted history that other countries underwent‚ but its significant background constructed one of the most influential country. U.S. have various president with varied contributions. James Madison‚ known as the Father of the Constitution‚ was remarkable of shaping today’s U.S.A. James Madison‚ America’s fourth President (1809-1817)‚ born on March 16‚ 1751‚ in Port Conway‚ Virginia. He grew up in Orange County‚ Virginia‚ and he was the oldest of 12 children. Madison’s

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    action being an incident in Sheffield in late February‚ where 30 rebels were wounded (one mortally) in a skirmish with government troops. The rebellion took place in a political climate where reform of the country’s governing document‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ was widely seen as necessary. The events of the rebellion‚ most of which occurred after the Philadelphia Convention had been called but before it began in May 1787‚ are widely seen to have affected the debates on the shape of the new government

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    Federalist and Antifederalist had different ideas and beliefs of the nation’s government. Antifederalist believed in more power for the states and did not agree with a strong central government. They preferred the Articles of Confederation. Antifederalist did not want to ratify the Constitution due the fact there was no bill of rights and there was too much power in the national Constitution and not the States. On the other hand‚ Federalist believed in a more centralized national government. Federalist

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    has been fought against a tyrannical ruler and forged a new country. This new nation was the United States of America. The United States was formed after breaking from the cruel yoke of King George III. After a quick stint with a failing Articles of Confederation‚ fifty wealthy Caucasian men gathered to frame a new path for the young‚ disunited country. Not all the delegates were there. New Hampshire’s delegates weren’t present until July‚ while Rhode Island’s delegates were in absentia for the entire

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    rights for US citizens. Due to America’s recent win against Great Britain in the Revolutionary War they needed to establish a new constitution. The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution written for the Americas. The Articles of Confederation were established when the US was only a few states each running like their own countries. These articles failed because the laws were very limiting and lacked the ability to

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    The American founding fathers‚ during the development of the new American Constitution‚ discussed about many problems‚ including taxation‚ also known as “the ways and means”. The federal revenues became a really common topic to concern about‚ as a matter of the fact‚ both Federalists and Anti-Federalists tried to express their opinions about it. In general‚ the federalists support the general power of taxation that the Central Government was granted in the proposed Constitution. This position was

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    The Framers of the American Constitution were visionaries. They designed our Constitution to endure. They sought not only to address the specific challenges facing the nation during their lifetimes‚ but to establish the foundational principles that would sustain and guide the nation into an always uncertain future. The "Founding Fathers" included two major groups. The Signers of the Declaration of Independence signed the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Framers of the Constitution

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    In the eighteenth century‚ settlers resorted to violent protest to express their disagreements. Before the occurrence of the violent protests‚ the country was still recovering from the aftermath of the French and Indian War. The country was subject to the payment of debt from Britain who declared that the colonies were in protection of Britain during the war‚ also known as parliamentary sovereignty. Along with the debt‚ there were tensions with the natives in the land due to the decreasing space

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    battled a long and intense war to free themselves from such an administration. Pioneers composed the new American government as indicated by a record known as the Articles of Confederation. The Articles gave every expression of freedom and spoke to minimal more than a group of companionship between them. The primary reason for the Articles was to build up a framework by which the states could co-work in the event that they expected to protect themselves against their

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    means to contribute to the happiness and wellbeing of all the people ‚ and to secure the blessing of liberty means to make sure future citizens remain free. For all theses nice words it needs a fabulous name for it. The first name was the Articles Of Confederation but that is weak for the words that’s in the constitution. So the new name is the U.S Constitution. The House of Reps. is different from the Senates because first off their terms are different. Like House of Reps. could be there for 2 years

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