The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution‚ although both written documents explaining how the American government would be ran‚ they have very distinct qualities about them. During the Constitutional Convention‚ instead of revising the Articles of Confederation as originally planned‚ those attending the meeting felt that a whole new document needed to be written. Legislation‚ the sovereignty of states‚ and the executive branch were all major differences between the two documents. Legislation
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ENC1101 14 February 2013 The Positive Effects of Legalizing Marijuana The word "marijuana" has been a concerned topic in almost every American home today. Marijuana‚ whose botanical name is cannabis‚ has been used by humans for thousands of years. It was classified as an illegal drug by many countries in the 20th century. Over the past two decades‚ there has been a growing movement to legalize marijuana‚ primarily for medical purposes. Opposing views on the subject of decriminalizing the plant
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other. Furthermore‚ they adopted the Articles of Confederation‚ which was a basis constitution which created an alliance of sovereign states which made the state’s work with each other in military relations and foreign policies. Although the Articles of Confederation were helpful and established order‚ they weren’t sufficient enough to hold the states united through the war. After the war‚ the states didn’t even consider following the Articles of Confederation and decided to follow their own personal
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It was the year of 1787 and the country was in conflict. The new constitution had just been written and states were deciding to ratify it (Davidson‚ 205). This constitution would hopefully protect better than the Articles of Confederation did. As with many other situations‚ there were two sides; the Federalists and the Antifederalists. Federalists agree with the Constitution while Antifederalists disagree (Davidson‚ 205). Each side had valid arguments‚ but the Federalists more so. Federalists argued
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The first constitution of the U.S was The Articles of Confederation‚ which were ratified in 1781 and was eventually replaced with The U.S Constitution. The U.S Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation because the articles were very weak. The articles weren’t strong enough to allow the government to enforce their laws and they were lacking power and strength. The U.S Constitution made the national government more powerful‚ also it established a lot of basic rights for citizens and states
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their independence. The founding fathers completely moved away from the ideas of a monarchial government and created a new one that came from the ideas of a republicanism. During the time of the Revolutionary War we were under the Articles of Confederation‚ But the Articles granted independence to each state. Which lacked the authority to make the states work together to solve national problems. The Constitution of the United States sets forth the nation’s fundamental laws. It also establishes the form
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Leland Pinkham Period Apush Articles of confederation era: * Each state functioned as its own little country * No national currency‚ many state currencies * Paper money issued as a promise for hard specie such as gold and silver * High inflation * Newburgh conspiracy 1783: plan by unpaid continental army officers to force congress to assume powers of taxation over states * Northwest territory: * Ohio‚ Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Wisconsin‚ and Michigan area given
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A Comparison and Contrast of the Articles of Confederation and The Constitution To understand what the benefits and drawbacks were‚ it is important to compare and contrast the positions in which the documents differ. I believe that they are thus: 1. Taxation - The articles allow the congress to levy taxes on each state which means that the taxation burden has to be readjusted within each state among its populace and taxation is not equal ’Federally’ whereas in the constitution‚ the Congress
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The Articles of Confederation from 1781 to 1789 did not provide the United States with an effective form of government because of its problems in terms of domestic policy‚ foreign policy‚ and economics. Domestic policy‚ or the set of decisions that a government makes relating to things that directly affect the people in its own country‚ was not adequate enough to solve strife between states. The Articles stated that state legislatures chose representatives for the house‚ rather than the people themselves
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Although the Articles of Confederation successfully steered fledgling America through the Revolutionary War‚ in peacetime society its flaws in unifying the country became increasingly clear. Largely thanks to the insistence of Alexander Hamilton‚ a delegation came together in May of 1787 to either revise the Articles or create a new government. With George Washington as president of the Constitutional Convention‚ the delegates drafted the Constitution by September‚ leaving the states with the responsibility
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