The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution are two contrasting documents written by the Founding Fathers. The documents are very different from one another yet they share a few rare similarities. The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation prompted Congress to scrap them and begin again with the Constitution. Not all problems were solved by the Constitution‚ but they were significantly reduced. In any case‚ the Constitution‚ the foundation of America‚ has stood for centuries with very
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United States History Professor: Morgan Deane 9/30/12 The Articles of Confederation were a great start to shaping and unifying our country‚ but it was just that‚ a “start”. It needed to take the country as a whole into consideration in order for it to hold this unity in place. The Articles of Confederation led to the Constitution of the United States. Although similar in some aspects‚ very different in others. The articles had many weaknesses that were changed in the Constitution. There
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against the government. These rebellions were drastic actions taken because reformers wanted political reform in the Colonies‚ limiting the power of the oligarchies by making them responsible to elected representatives. The rebellions were‚ sadly‚ a failure and many reformers died. They failed to last long because the rebels were ill-prepared‚ lacked popular support and were badly led. However‚ the citizens of Canada now rejected the idea of using violence and sought to seek reforms by taking part in
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Chapter 9 The Confederation and the Constitution 1776-1790 The Pursuit of Equality The Continental Army officers formed an exclusive hereditary order called the Society of the Cincinnati. Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom- created in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers; stated that religion should not be imposed on anybody and that each person decided his/her own faith. The Philadelphia Quakers in 1775 founded the first anti-slavery society. The 1st Continental Congress called
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constitution in the United States‚ known as the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation served as the written law in the United States. The Articles of Confederation grouped the individual states with a weak central government to be sure the government of the United States would not be similar to that of Britain. This document took Americans through the American Revolution successfully‚ but
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The Articles of Confederation were meant to give the United States a loose‚ weak central government‚ making the Articles ineffective. With the Articles of Confederation‚ the United States was unable to support soldiers due to the inabilities of Congress. The United States was also unable to remove British trading posts from their home soil. The weakest states‚ who were not influential and least populous‚ had power over those that were strong and heavily populated. Also‚ the United States did not
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The Confederation of Newfoundland On March 31‚ 1949‚ Newfoundland became Canada’s tenth and youngest province. Joseph Smallwood played a crucial role in bringing Newfoundland into confederation. Smallwood was a journalist with an unquenchable ambition to become a father of confederation. Before confederation‚ Newfoundland was a colony of Great Britain‚ but it was Joey Smallwood and all his efforts‚ that changed that. Because of his leadership‚ Newfoundland came into confederation and
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If there wasn’t the Confederation of Canada‚ we would still be a colony of Britain or part of the United States. There were many reasons for the Confederation of Canada. Three of them were the need for railroads‚ the threat of American expansion and the desire to expand settlement west. As I stated before‚ one of the reasons for confederation was a need for railroads. There were many obstacles separating the United Province of Canada from the Atlantic colonies. Some of these obstacles were the
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that land from being used for farming. Confederation could create a system that would limit immigrants and others from using all the land. The proposed intercolonial railway is essential to mobilizing troops (to better protect ourselves in the Fenian raids) in addition to transporting goods from coast to coast year-round without having to go through America. The colonies becoming unified in a Dominion would have many advantages. Disadvantages to confederation include Canada West having to learn French
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competing interests with justice‚ and stabilize the nation’s finances. The Articles were formed as a week way of governing ourselves. Now it’s time for us to rid ourselves of this burden and come out strong. Under the Articles we have no central government‚ which enables us to prosper. For us to grow as one country we must be united. As of now we are but more than one government‚ each with our own laws‚ money‚ and taxes. The Articles are not a strong enough backbone to help us thrive into one nation‚
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