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    From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation did not provide the U.S. with an effective government because of the weakness of the Articles. The Constitution is stronger and much more effective than the Articles. Under the Articles congress could not collect money‚ we couldn’t pay our bills‚ and the government had no good way to stop rebellion. The constitution improved on this in many ways. I don’t think the Articles would be so bad if we did not have to compare them to the much greater Constitution

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    Bodunde 11/16/10 period 30 1. Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Article of confederation. According to the text’s authors‚ it is probably a good thing that the Fonding Fathers did not merely amend the Articles of confederation. with which position do you agree? Why? 2. Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving women the

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    altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess the change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775 Land acquisition Politics Economics 2. Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: Foreign relations Economic conditions Western lands 3. The American Revolution should really be called the "British Revolution" because marked changes in British

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    U.S Constitution DBQ The Federal Government showed to be ineffective under the Articles of Confederation. The Government lacked power‚ with large state governments showing to be superior. The U.S Constitution proposed a new form of government. With the addition of three separate branches of government‚ being‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial‚ the Constitution also created a stronger Federal Government‚ weakening state governments. As southern states with larger populations were against the

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    41. Shays Rebellion was significant because it made the American delegates realize that the states had too much power and the central government didn’t have enough power. This assumption led to the revisions of the articles of confederation which led to the being written constitution. 42. The great compromise was presented by Roger Sherman in 1787. There was a political dispute the included Virginia and New Jersey. At the Constitutional Convention there was a plan drafted that would subside the

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    Critical Period

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    in a running government. The critical period consisted of a power struggle between the states and the central government for the balance of sovereignty. The Critical Period was the launch of the way that our country runs today. The Articles of Confederation was the first set of terms that were adopted for the United States in 1781‚ however‚ there were many problems that arose with it. Congress had to get approval from 9 of 13 states before laws could be passed and all 13 states had to have a unanimous

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    of the drafting process of the Constitution of the United States. Which later was finalized on September 17th‚ 1787. The process of the Ratification of Constitution was ambiguous in procedure because of its statues expressed in the Article of Confederation. A dispute existing between the old legislation and the new legislation added the difficulty to the process. The most serious criticism was that the Constitutional Convention had failed to adopt the Bill of Rights promoted by George

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    Shay’s Rebellion is more than a simple act of civil disobedience of citizens against their government. There were a lot of key causes and factors to Shay’s Rebellion. All of theses factors and problems added up cause an uproar. The Rebellion in itself was not that big of a rebellion‚ however it did create a very big impact on the leaders of the nation. The Rebellion occurred in many places all over the new colonies‚ but most of the effect of the Rebellion took place at Massachusetts. The current

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    Micheal Kammens

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    modern portrait of the Framers made the most sense. They wanted to maintain their rights‚ liberty‚ and self-government. Kammen’s interpretation of the constitution makes the most sense because we can look at the Bill of Rights‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ Federalist No.51‚ the Virginia Plan‚ the Declaration of Independence‚ and even Montesquieu’s view of the government. James Madison believed that the people were the source of authority for the state. The Bill of Rights was seen as somewhat of

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    American federal government was established‚ and certain citizens’ rights were guaranteed‚ but implications within the document itself garnered hefty resistance. People claimed the Constitution would frame a successful government that the Articles of Confederation failed to do‚ but others said that the centralization of a federal government would provide an opportunity for it to use its powers immorally. Without a government‚ the nation might retreat to anarchy‚ but with a government‚ the rights of the people

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