women to vote. 1777- Articles of Confederation adopted by second Continental Congress. 1780- Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote. 1781- Articles of confederation put into effect. 1783- Military officers form society of the Cincinnati. 1785- Land Ordinance of 1785. 1786- Virginia statute for Religious Freedom shays’s Rebellion. 1786- Meeting of five states to discuss revision of the Articles of Confederation. 1787- Northwest Ordinance. 1788-
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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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Within the context of 1789-1890‚ was the unification of Germany a result of economic‚ political or military forces? Numerous factors have lead to the progressive creation of a unified Germany by 1871; such factors are fundamentally related to economic‚ political or military origins. To accurately understand the reasoning behind the unification‚ one must look at the history preceding it – The after-effects of the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; The significance of the French revolutions and
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and their government will soon dissolve’‚ Will not the wise and good strive to avert this problem?” George Washington suggested an overlooking power to ensure the life‚ liberty‚ and property of each citizen. Obvious issues with the Articles of Confederation led to constitutional compromises‚ which resulted in two parties called Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
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The constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. The concept of a constitution dates to the city states of ancient Greece. So generally the constitution is some laws that is the fundamental principles and the base of other law or the basic rule. The reason that constitution is needed is that all civilized society need laws in order to survive. And generally the constitution serves as the foundation
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The framers of the United States constitution ultimately decided to give more power to the federal government rather than the state governments. There are some problems with the Articles of Confederation‚I will explain the federal government and the state government. The framers of the constitution gave more power to the to the federal government rather than the states‚ Federalists and Anti-Federalists argued and fought over who should have more power. But it all had to come down to one or the other
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that the Constitution would make the rich‚ richer and the poor‚ poorer. To start off‚ one point he argued was that the Founding Fathers were supposed to meet in Philadelphia to revise and improve the Articles of Confederation. Instead‚ they decided to get rid of the Articles of Confederation and start from scratch without the approval from anybody or anybody knowing what they were doing. Secondly‚ when people first heard about the new government‚ “the wealthy looked to the national government as a
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accomplishments had been achieved: certain state claims to western lands were settled‚ and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established the fundamental pattern of evolving government in the territories north of the Ohio River. Equally important‚ the Confederation provided the new nation with instructive experience in self-government under a written document. In revealing their own weaknesses‚ the Articles paved the way for the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the present form of U.S. government.
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never a real threat to the United States as a whole‚ it managed to get many politicians to rethink how The Articles of Confederation worked. This series of events led to George Washington going out of retirement‚ and a convention was held in order to reform the Articles of Confederation‚ which Washington was then voted to lead. What ended up happening was the Articles of Confederation was discarded instead of being amended‚ and a new system of government was made‚ called the Constitution. Discuss the
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¡°united¡± under the German Confederation. As a result of these terms from the Congress of Vienna‚ liberal and nationalistic feelings began to stir up and the people began to fight towards independence. The states that would soon unite to become future Germany and Italy all faced many obstacles in their fight for independence. One of the main things that stood in the way of both unifications was the state of Austria. Though it was ironic that the German Confederation had to fight one of its own
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