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    that a better more powerful national government was necessary. The Articles of Confederation was weak and needed to be replaced. While this was occurring a major problem developed. This was between large states‚ which vied for legislature segmented by population‚ and smaller states which wanted the system to have equal portioned votes everywhere. The larger states suggested the Virginia Plan‚ and the small states proposed the New Jersey Plan. At first‚ this issue was at a stalemate and both sides

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    There were a lot of factors that resulted in the articles of confederation being thrown out. The articles of confederation for one‚ had no way to pay for common defense; another problem was that the country didn’t have a bill of rights; and Shay’s Rebellion. The constitution addresses all of these in its bill of rights and amendments. In the articles of confederation they entrusted paying for national defense to the states. The states decided how much they wanted to pay and if they even wanted to

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    the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ and America gained their freedom the Articles of Confederation was signed and served as the governance for the nation. There were weaknesses in the articles such as the inability of the natural government to implement foreign or domestic policy‚ to tax‚ or regulate trade‚ and due to these weaknesses in 1778 the Constitution was the replacement of the Articles. The articles simply did not allow enough power to the national government‚ and because the constitution

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    Community Problem Solving In today’s society Community Policing and problem solving is what is needed to keep criminal activity under control. Due to ineffective policing methods crime has continued to be on a rise. Police organizations have learned over the years that getting the community involved in fighting crimes‚ makes the members of the community feel much safer and gives them some sense of pride in regards to the community they live in. This paper will discuss how much of an

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    Articles of Confederation What is your idea of our nation’s first government? Because if it’s even close to successful‚ it’s wrong. The government under the Articles of Confederation is evidence of this. Saying it was the opposite of successful would be an understatement; something like “complete failures” would be much more accurate. The government under the Articles of Confederation failed due to its inability to get money from the 13 states‚ its trouble handling foreign affairs‚ and

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    To what extent was the Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation? Thesis: Due to the fact that the Articles of Confederation were causing problems‚ the U.S. adopted the Constitution that solved the problems in the weak government including no executive control and no way to levy or collect taxes. I. On example of how the Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation is the setup of their government a. Houses in Congress i. Articles of Confederation

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    central government will inevitably become a tyranny. Although the United States would wholeheartedly embrace the idea of a loose alliance of independent states at first‚ the many glaring problems that the nation faced under the Articles of Confederation would quickly change the minds of many Americans. Indeed‚ the nation ’s confederal system of government was eventually rejected and replaced by federalism‚ a political philosophy that calls for a sharing of power between the national government and the

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    History 17 September 2014 “From 1781-1789 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government.” Evaluate this statement. The confederation era is considered to be one of the most influential periods in the development of America’s history. Although the Articles of Confederation‚ from 1781 through 1789‚ did affect the United States‚ it failed to provide America with a sufficient government. The Articles of Confederation presented the United States government with

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    The Articles of Confederation that had been drafted in 1777 gave the majority of power to the states. The National government was weak and unable to sustain itself. It did not even possess the ability to resolve differences between state legislature and interstate commerce. When the Articles of Confederation were written those that drafted it purposely gave majority power to the states as they feared a powerful central government. The problem was by severely limiting the central government’s

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