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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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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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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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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