government that would protect the individual rights of American citizens while avoiding a tyrannical government from taking charge of the nation. The first attempt of government‚ lead to a decentralized government brought in place by the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation called for states being sovereign and independent because of the fear of a central government. The issue the opposition
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The preamble of the Constitution states‚ “We the people of the United States‚ in order to form a more perfect union‚ establish justice‚ insure domestic tranquility‚ provide for the common defence‚ promote the general welfare‚ and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity‚ do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” This perfectly describes what the founding fathers envisioned when thinking about what the American government’s role in the people’s
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plan. These plans proposed changes in the Articles of Confederation that was the aim of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. However‚ whereas the Virginia Plan seemed to provide a greater representation of the more populous states in the national government‚ the New Jersey Plan was proposed by the smaller states aimed at preventing the balance of the US government from tilting in favor of the more populous states as per the Virginia Plan. The Articles of Confederation‚ from 1781 to 1789‚ provided
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Sources Brigid Callahan Harrison‚ Jeah Wahl Harris‚ Gary M. Halter‚ with Michelle D. Dearforff‚ 2011‚ American Democracy Now (Texas Ed.‚ 2nd ed.)‚ McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Daniel J. Elezar‚ 1975‚ “The American Cultural Matrix‚” in The Ecology of American Political Culture: Readings‚ New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.‚ pp. 13-42. Donald Lutz‚ 1987‚ “The Texas Constitution‚” Perspectives on American and Texas Politics‚ Donald Lutz and Kent Tedin‚ eds.‚ Kendall-Hunt Publishers‚ Dubuque‚ Iowa
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The first constitution in our nation ’s history was the U.S. Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was formed by the Continental Congress on November 15‚ 1777. However‚ sanction of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1‚ 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government‚ which resulted in most of the power residing with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon
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power. They feared they would lose their liberty. People have always feared that a strong central government would end in their destruction and to prevent that they did not let the government have too much power‚ as seen in the Albany Plan‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ and the Anti-Federalists. The Albany Plan was the first time Americans rejected the idea of a powerful government and this happened during the colonial period. The Albany Plan was devised by Benjamin Franklin and was constructed
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government‚ most of their provisions have since been applied to the states by way of the Fourteenth Amendment‚ a process known as incorporation. The amendments were introduced by James Madison to the 1st United States Congress as a series of legislative articles. They were adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21‚ 1789‚ formally proposed by joint resolution of Congress on September 25‚ 1789‚ and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15‚ 1791‚ through the process of ratification
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Britain. Five years later‚ the Congress ratified the first national constitution‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ under which the country would be governed until when it was replaced by the current U.S. Constitution.
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Overview Ending the American Revolution‚ the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. During the war‚ the Articles of Confederation had been drafted‚ creating a confederation out of the colonies for the first time. Under the Articles‚ the government could not raise an army or tax. It also lacked centralized power because of the absence of an executive branch. The only strong aspect of the Articles was its orderly settlement of the west‚ as seen in the Land Ordinance of 1784 and 1785 and the Northwest
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Although the Articles were weak‚ there was a purpose to it. The reason for a weak government was to avoid a strong national government that would try to take an away individual rights. The government was granted the power to declare war and make peace‚ make treaties and establish a postal system. Although this was more power than the states had before‚ it wasn’t enough to keep the states in check. It was denied‚ along with the executive branch‚ raising taxes‚ stopping states from printing their own
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