They include articles of Confederation and The Constitution. ... The articles of confederation were the base of The Constitution. ... There are differences between the articles of confederation and The Constitution. Under the Articles of the Confederation, the state legislature appointed the Congress. ... It started as the Articles of confederation that gave birth to a new constitution. ...

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Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation The articles of confederation were introduced in 1777 and this gave the power to individual states. ... The problem of the Articles of Confederation was that limited the power to central government. ... Under the Articles of confederation, the United State's government as in a state of chaos. ... There were three major things wrong with the Articles of Confederation. ... It is seen easily that the Articles of Confederation was weak and ineffective for our society...

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From March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1788 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with a government. ... The Articles of Confederation did exactly what a loose confederation was designed to do. ... When the Articles of Confederation were formed, it required a unanimous vote of the states to amend any aspect of it. ... In spite of all their troubles, the Articles of Confederation were not entirely ineffective. ... The Articles of Confederation were the right government for that time period. ...

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After the Revolution, the fledgling new nation of America had created the Articles of Confederation. ... They had tried to make sure the federal government will stay weak in the affairs of the Confederation. ... The Articles of Confederation had been mostly an ineffective government in the aspects of foreign relations and commerce; however it did provide for an extraordinary system to work with the Northwest Territory. ... The system was so effective that aspects of it were used even past the destruction of the Articles of Confederation. ... The Articles of Confederation themselves, set up f...

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Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation is a loose binding of the states together. ... If these Articles of Confederation were put into use there probably would have been a lot more civil wars in our country. ... With the Articles of Confederation in affect I really don"t think that the United States would be a powerful country as it is today. ... If the articles of Confederation were in effect today the United States of America would be very very different. ... Finally I think that the Articles of Confederation were a bad idea for the states and that they are very lucky th...

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After much debate and discussion, the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, came into effect in March 1781. The Articles of Confederation was very weak and lacked the necessary powers needed to run the new country effectively. ... The Articles of Confederation didn't have a true national government, and gave the states more power. ... The last problem of the Articles of Confederation was representation in government. ... In conclusion, the Articles of Confederation was very weak. ...

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The Articles of Confederation, written in 1801, shaped what this new government was going to look like. ... The best thing that the Articles of Confederation did was show America that a strong, centralized government was required to prosper. ... Because of the fear of monarchy, the Articles of Confederation made it practically impossible to amend or pass new legislation. ... Although the Articles of Confederation created an ineffective government, some states viewed them as effective. ... The Articles of confederation had a weak central government, no power to tax, and gained little respect ...

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The first stepping stone towards their new government became the Articles of Confederation. ... Although a very big stepping stone towards our current government it was clear that the Article of Confederation would not be sufficient enough to unify the thirteen states. ... Another aspect the Articles of confederation was missing was the protection of unalienable rights, each state had created its own bill of rights but there was no bill of rights to protect all people of the states together. ... F) In 1787 a group of "demigods" met to revise the articles of confederation and it end...

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The Articles of Confederation and The Constitution vary in many ways. ... The Articles of Confederation was the result of this. ... The Articles of Confederation was the first government ever put into place in the United States. ... The Articles called for a government that was very weak. ... "The United States in Congress shall never engage in a war...nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money unless nine States assent to the same" (Articles of Confederation). ...

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In May 1787, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation. ... The Convention initially limited its mission to "the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation." ... Delegates agreed to debate this plan and in so doing formally abandoned the idea of amending the Articles of Confederation. ... Scope of powers given to all 3 branches be greater than power given to central government by the Articles of Confederation. ... Each state would have one vote just as was the case in the Articles of Confe...

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True, but first, there were the Articles of Confederation that were changed and strengthened to become the Constitution. ... First of all, there was no judicial branch under the Articles of Confederation. ... The Articles of Confederation had an executive branch, but it didn't really do much. ... Another problem was the failure to enforce the laws under the Articles of Confederation. ... But it wasn't easy in developing it, and it all started with revising the first Articles of Confederation. ...

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The change from the Articles of confederation to the Constitution in 1788 brought a division as to what kind of government should be set up in American, and some of its laws. ... The articles of confederation were the first constitution written for the newly formed nation in 1776. In 1787 though, congress made a call for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. ... Some people wanted to replace the articles of confederation with the constitutions, but others didn't they wanted to leave things the way they were. ... Being a financial wizard, he wanted to correct the economy th...

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They were unhappy about many aspects of the government, both the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts State Legislature. ... Causes Unstable economy after war No standard currency under Articles of Confederation Felt that taxes were too high Felt that the Courts and Legislature favored high class Effects Brought attention to weaknesses in the Articles Brought upon legislative and judicial reform in Massachusetts Shay's Rebellion took place in the infant years of our country. ... The Articles of Confederation were our first try at self-government, and th...

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Before the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation ruled the colonies, but quickly abolished because they were too weak. ... The Articles of Confederation were just not strong enough. ... Document 3, an excerpt in which George Washington agreed with John Jay's criticism of the Articles of Confederation, proved the need that the government needed to be reformed. ... He believes too much trust was given to the people in forming the confederation. ... The Articles of Confederation took its peoples opinions too far. ...

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Madison has realized the current governmental system under the Articles of Confederation were stifling America's potential of becoming a great nation. The articles called for a weak central government. ... The issue of sovereignty rears its head at the convention as Madison proposes to abolish the Articles of Confederation to make the central government stronger then the states. ... The Articles of Confederation was abolished. ...

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There the delegates amended the Articles of Confederation. ... They then created a new Constitution, a plan of government designed to solve the governmental problems caused under the Articles of Confederation. ...

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Joseph Mallonee FRE Essay #2 Dr. Reeves AP U.S. History The American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. American thinkers and political leaders came up with new ideas about what democracy should look like. They also created new institution...

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The United States are the product of the failure of the articles of confederation. The founding fathers could have given up after the first attempt did not work, but instead they chose to pin point the weaknesses of the articles of confederation and perfect them. After living by the articles of confederation for half a decade, the states knew the Articles were not going to cut it. ... Constitution toward that end, rather than amend the Articles of Confederation....

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For example, since farmer possessed little money the merchants offered the articles they needed on short-term credit and accepted any surplus farm goods on a seasonal basis for payment. ... Massachusetts asked the Congress of the Confederation for help but found that once Congress said they would it proved ineffective. ... "We did not intend to destroy law, but only to reform all those laws which were oppressive" said one Shaysite farmer.16 The Importance of Shays" Rebellion was not so much the acts of rebellion themselves but how it pointed out the weakness of the Articles of Confederation ...

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Before the United States of America had the constitution the government ran under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles gave the federal government very little power. ... This one event showed how frail the articles were and how powerless the federal government was. ...

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The immediate and most direct effect was the organization of delegates to revise the Articles of Confederation. All of the newly founded states except Rhode Island gathered into a small room in Philadelphia to make changes to the Articles that were in place. ... These were the actual changes to the Articles. ...

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After the Articles of Confederation, the framers wanted to improve on its weakness, like the congress not being able to levy taxes. ... The executive branch was not independent from congress in the Articles of Confederation. ... Anther weakness of the articles was that their was no national judicial system. ... In conclusion, Articles 1, 2, and 3 split the government into three separate institutions. ...

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In 1787, after the first governmental plan of the United States known as the Articles of Confederation was unsuccessful in the colonies, the United States Constitution was formed. The purpose of the Constitution was to establish a strong form of government following the failure of the Articles of Confederation. ... It consists of seven articles that give attention to legislative power, executive power, judicial power, power of states, amendments, federal power and ratification. ... The beginning articles establish the responsibilities and powers along with the complex and detailed limits of t...

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"The Federalist #17" discussed the insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the union. ... Future articles will be written by future presidents and be referred and compared to by their successors. ...

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The Role of the Supreme Court When the Constitutional Convention met in 1787, its initial task was to correct the principals defects of the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation essentially provided for a jointing of relatively independent states. It was against this background of increasing Balkanization that the delegates met in a secret session in May 1787: out of the convention, however, came the Constitution of the U.S., a document very different from the Articles of Confederation. ...

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