UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states‚ citizens‚ and all people within the United States. The Constitution creates the three branches of the national government: a legislature‚ the bicameral Congress; an executive branch led by the President; and a judicial branch
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the framers of the constitution were “for the people”. Revisionists of the 20th century are painting an entirely different picture. They “argued that the Constitutional Convention was dominated by an elite and that the Constitution itself is an instrument written to protect elite interests.” (Fisk 2014) This could not be further from the truth. The framers are responsible for creating the first ever republican government‚ did not grant nobility‚ and creating a constitution with a just bill of
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The articles of confederation which existed from 1781 until 1789 are the America’s first written constitution. It brought some accomplishments to the country. It lets congress remain “the central institution of national authority.” Congress had the power to “conduct wars and foreign relations and to appropriate‚ borrow‚ and issue money.” By passing the Ordinance of 1784‚ the Ordinance of 1785‚ and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787‚ the new government found some solutions for the controversies regarding
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The Iroquois Constitution It is about the Five Nations that formed the Iroquois Confederation and what they should and should not do. (Constitution and laws) The Five Nations included the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga‚ and Seneca tribes. Comparing the Great Law of Peace and The Constitution of The United States of America The United States Constitution was influenced by the concepts and the principles enclosed in The Great Law of Peace. Some of the same ideas that were in the Iroquois’
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ratify the Constitution. The procedures for ratifying the new Constitution were as controversial as its contents. This is where the fight to ratify the constitution began. The Anti-Federalists had many central arguments against the adoption of the Constitution. The proponents‚ the Federalist proposed a better argument for defending the ratification of the new Constitution which caused them to prevail. The Anti-Federalist were those men who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789.
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What were the major arguments used by each side (the supporters and the opponents) in the debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution? The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787‚ yet there was a struggle for its ratification that went on until 1790. Members of Congress believed that the Articles of Confederation‚ the first government of the United States‚ needed to be altered while others did not want change. After the Revolutionary War‚ there was a need for strong state
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1.) Colonial North Carolina has often been described as having been a tumultuous‚ unstable place. Write an essay that defends and explains this description. In your essay be sure to cover specific issues and events‚ but also discuss the sectional divisions that existed in the North Carolina colony that were revealed by these issues and events. As early as 1665‚ North Carolinians disliked taxes; they especially hated abuse of power and mishandling of revenue. A chief concern for colonists was the
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The Constitution is still relevant today because it was created as a framework which would provide guidance but not unnecessary restrictions without flexibility. The Constitution and its interpretation grows and changes with time allocating rights to the American people and a framework for its government as well as a process to ensure that it can be altered to provide what is needed to ensure a lawful and just democratic society. The masterpiece of the Constitution is within the Bill of Rights ensuring
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DBQ: Ratifying the Constitution Directions- Read all the documents answer all the questions and the essay on loose-leaf. Historical Context: Today‚ over 200 years after it was written ad ratified (approved)‚ most Americans think of the US Constitution as something almost sacred. We assume that this great document has always been honored and looked up to. This is NOT true. When it was written in 1787 and submitted to the states for ratification‚ it set off months of fierce and often bitter debate
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Abstract The simple difference between the Articles of Confederation and US Constitution is that the articles were not strong enough to hold our young nation together. The articles operated the US as separate states. Under the articles‚ it was very difficult to pass laws since the requirement of 9 out of the 13 states ’ approval was needed for ratification. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government‚ leaving most of the power with the state governments
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