The Three Branches There are three branches of the United State government. One branch is the legislative branch which holds the power make laws and to frame public policies. Another branch is the executive branch which holds the power to execute‚ enforce‚ and administer law. The last branch is the judicial branch which holds the power to interpret laws‚ to determine their meaning and to settle disputes that arise within the society. There is a system of checks and balances where the three branches
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The Articles of confederation allowed States to be independent while the federal government was overall a meeting place for all the state representatives to meet and debate new law. The federal government had laws in place but their were very hard to enforce. The federal government under the Articles of Confederation had no president. They instead had the Committee of the States which had one representative from each state. Even though that the Committee of the States was the most central form of
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As a new nation‚ America needed a national government if they wanted to stay united. In result‚ on March 2‚ 1781‚ a plan by Ben Franklin called the Articles of Confederation was ratified to act as framework for America’s central government. The Articles of Confederation was purposely created to have a weak central government‚ in fear of a tyrannical government like Britain’s. The idea behind the Articles were to place a limit on how much power each state had while maintaining its “Sovereignty‚ freedom
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The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress and they functioned as America’s first constitution in the year 1777. However‚ with progressive changes‚ ratifications were made to the Articles of Confederation by the beginning of March 1781 (Schultz 112). It is important to highlight the reasons as to why the Articles of Confederation were important to the American population and the American government at the time. This will help to understand why the constitution failed
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eventually armed resistance from the colonists. First established during the American revolutionary war‚ the Articles of Confederation created a “league of friendship” among the 13 states by vesting them with equal authority in a weak government with only limited powers to raise revenue and regulate commerce. The weakness of the Articles hindered the early American foreign policy; its weak Congress proved the inability to stamp out political unrest throughout the states. In 1787 a Constitutional Convention
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French Revolution How did Necker’s Compte Rendu’ (1781) lead to the revolutionary situation in 1789? In 1781‚ the widely respected and trusted Jacques Necker released his much awaited account on the financial position of the Kingdom of France‚ the Compte Rendu’. Translated literally to account rendered’‚ the assessment was a clear fabrication of the financial state of France claiming incorrectly that government had $10 million livres in surplus - when in fact it was on the brink of bankruptcy
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under the authority of Great Britain‚ and founded the new‚ independent United States of America. After the revolution‚ America face three challenges: the country hand no real government‚ no financial system‚ and no foreign friend. The first task was to develop a real government. That’s when the Articles of Confederation were established in 1777. They were not ratified until 1781. The main purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to serve as the unofficial constitution through the American War
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The constitution adressed the problems of decentralization powers under the Articles of Confederation. Three problems that existest were no national currency‚ unicameral legislature‚ and cogress had no ability to tax. The tension between decentralized and centralized power are argued to still exist through environmental policy‚ gun control‚ and disability access. These tensions are illustrated in deforestation‚ no "national police" to control firearm distribution‚ and the Americans with DIsabilities
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continue to shift away from their mother country and rebellion sweeps the developing nation‚ unification weighs heavily on the minds of the people. The past few years have represented a landmark change in the political nature of the colonies. With the recent release of the Articles of Confederation‚ however‚ tensions over the path this newborn government should follow have swelled to a deafening crescendo. However‚ although it may not be a perfect solution‚ the Articles of Confederation provides the substantive
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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. The need for a stronger
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