Approving Our Constitution In 1787, political leaders met at the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. ... They argued that the Constitution could preserve the republican ideals far better than the Articles of Confederation. ... Voters in states with a stable economy were likely to oppose the Constitution because the Confederation system gave their states greater independent powers. ...

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The development of the Constitution was the direct result of the uncertainty of the country and the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Many leaders of the revolution believed that a stronger national government, with more power than that which was allocated by the Articles of Confederation, was essential. ... The framers convened at the Philadelphia convention to remedy the defects of the Articles of Confederation and put into effect the principles stated in the Declaration of Independence. The Philadelphia Convention did not produce a revised Articles of Confederation but rather ...

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The Constitution of Yesterday and Today The Articles of Confederation was a document, which served the United States from 1781 to 1789. ... The articles proved too week to effectively govern the young nation. ... Although the convention was called for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, Delegates expressed an overwhelming interest in a new and stronger form of central government. ... States are not to enter any treaty, alliance or confederation, make money, pass a bill, or grant any sort of authorative noble figure power. ... The men who wrote these articles were som...

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The Articles of Confederation government was too weak, and a new, stronger government was needed. ... Differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution: In the Articles of Confederation, Congress is made up of one house, each state has one vote in Congress, at least nine of the thirteen states must approve a law, there is no executive branch, there is no judicial branch, only states can tax, each state can coin its own money, each state can regulate trade with other states, and each state can act independently. ...

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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 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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Federalism The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. The federal system was designed by the Framers of the Constitution to ensure democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated and well-distributed nation. By giving cert...

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The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. The federal system was designed by the Framers of the Constitution to ensure democracy and liberty throughout a sparsely populated and well-distributed nation. By giving certain enumerat...

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By the moment of Constitution ratification in Confederation became more acute the problems of slavery between north and south, economic chaos, absence of strong efficient government , that could rule the states. Articles of Confederation was not effective document that could manage whit all this problems. ...

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First governed by the Continental Congress the U.S. was governed through a compact known as, the Articles of Confederation. The Articles created a weak central government that forced the U.S. to make a change. ...

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A decade had passed after operating under the articles of the Confederation when the framers of the Constitution realize that the states had too much power over their citizens, as a result they created a form of government that balances the powers of the states and the central government, with the central government in charge of the important decisions. ...

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The Articles of Confederation provided legislative power to Congress, but it lacked proper power essential to a true nationhood. ... The immense commercial and regional rivalries that plagued the nation under the Articles of Confederation convinced several prominent leaders that a strong central government was needed. ...

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Clearly, the Supreme Court was the branch that could most easily facilitate the strengthening of the national government into an effective and unified nation rather than thirteen independent countries as the states had seemed under the Articles of Confederation. ...

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Federalism is a very important and often misunderstood aspect of the American political system. Federalism involves the harmonious distribution of responsibilities and obligations between the states and the federal government. The Constitution set it up and it is the balance of power between each o...

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(United States Constitution) Even preceding the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation stated that, "no other colony shall be admitted into, and entitled to, all the advantages of the union, unless such admission be agreed upon by nine states, (Everett Somerville Brown, The Constitutional History of the Louisiana Purchase) which reflects the historical intention of how new states should be admitted. ...

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The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. The process by which the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches operate is long, but necessary. Each branch has a duty to watch the others through a process of checks and balances mandated by the Constitution of the United States. The following will give a brief explanation of each branch and their duties. Judicial Branch Our Judicial branch of government is defined in Article III of the Constitution and by Congress. ...

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