From March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1788 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with a government. Though there is much debate as to how effective it was. ... If getting a unanimous vote had been possible, one might propose the idea of having a "patched-up" Articles of Confederation today, instead of America's present day Constitution. ... Mistakes were defiantly made along the way, but Congress and political leaders were right to form a strong Federal Constitution. ... Therefore letting thirteen states take the plunge to agree to the present day Constitution of the United St...

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The debates over ratification of the United States Constitution stimulated the number of pamphlets by proponents and opponents of the new frame of government. ... Webking makes a careful analysis in which he compares the Farmer's letter with speeches that smith delivered at the New York ratifying convention Poughkeepsie in June 1788.Webking's analysis is needed valuable, but he neglected to address arguments of those who support Lee's authorship of the Letter from the Federal Farmer. ... He argued that the views toward the Constitution shared by Lee and Farmer were "stri...

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