many to be an 18th century anachronism (Hoxie p. 717)‚ what it is in fact is the product of a 200 year old debate over who should select the President and why. In 1787‚ the Framers in their infinite wisdom‚ saw the need to respect the principles of both Federalists and States Righters (republicans) (Hoxie p. 717). Summarily a compromise was struck between those who felt Congress should select the President and those who felt the states should have a say. In 1788 the Electoral College was indoctrinated
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How different would the United States be today if the country was ruled by a dictator? In Philadelphia‚ during the summer of 1787‚ there was a meeting of fifty-five delegates to fix the national government. The delegates wanted to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a strong government. The Articles of Confederation were America’s first attempt at a Constitution‚ but it had no chief executive or court system. The delegates knew they needed to frame a new government‚ but the challenge
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AP US HISTORY Colonial History (1600-1763) 1. Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans – Radical Calvinists againstthe Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England‚ led the Mayflower‚ and establishedthe settlement at Plymouth 2. Northwest Passage – believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic toPacific‚ searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in therace to Asian wealth 3. Conversion Experience – required of members of the PuritanChurch;
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heavy intellectual and theoretical lifting as well to devise the mechanisms and institutions that they felt ought to be put into place as a new national constitution."19 The impact of the Articles of Confederation on the Constitutional Convention of 1787 is underlined "by more than 150 years of conventional wisdom which deemed the Articles to be a total failure. Not until 1940‚ did historian Merrill Jensen - in his first book‚ The Articles of Confederation (1940)-set out to redeem the articles from
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Constitutional Foundations for the United States Democratic Republic During the late 1780’s the 55 delegates of the United States decided that the United States needed to form a new Constitution. The constitution was a plan of government designed to solve the governmental problems experienced under the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was an immense help to the difficulties faced by the government and it continues to guide the American nation today. The Articles of Confederation
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could not pay for it so they had a rebellion know has Shay’s rebellion. The Articles of Confederation ended after 8 years and soon lead to the new Government. Then the Articles of the Constitution describe how the govt. Will be set up. The Great compromise of Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan. Virginia was one of the biggest states at the time and they thought that the states with more people
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QUESTION: It has been argued that united states constitution came about primarily through an evolving series og meetings‚ conventions‚ and congresses. support‚ modify‚ or refute this contention using specific evidence. In Philadelphia‚ 1787 the united states constitution was drafted in a series of meetings and conventions. None of the delegates were interested in a meeting to talk about the weak A.O.C‚ but once they were lured to Philadelphia the delegates realized that they need something
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From the Articles to the Constitution It is understood that the US Constitution was written to form a more centralized form of government‚ a federation‚ which could protect and regulate the rights of the US citizens. While the Articles of Confederation was avoiding this type of government affected by the British experience‚ the constitution encouraged it. The main difference between these two documents is the balance and centralization of powers. How did the constitution change the role of national
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to an all time low in the North and now Republicans of the time viewed the court as controlled by the Slave Power. During the 1830’s Dred Scott had traveled from Missouri to Illinois‚ where slavery had been prohibited by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Scott sued for his freedom‚
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of 2013. This has raised some questions‚ the main question being Are Guns Really the Problem? Many people feel that this is a direct violation of our Second Amendment right to “Bear Arm” written by the founders of the United States Constitution in 1787. Still others will argue that because of the lack of restrictions on guns many people have died and this injustice needs to change. I am a gun owner and have never murdered anyone by way of a firearm therefore I feel compelled to agree that the guns
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