#1: Compare how three of the following attempted to avoid the formation of a tyrannical government.
Many things throughout the early history of the United States led up to the liberation from a tyrannical government. After the United States was formed many more attempts were organized to repel the types of government that would go against the natural rights of man. Some of the most important events or compromises that influenced this course of action were the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, and the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions.
The people of the United States knew that it was important that no government - even our own government - could take away the rights that God had given them. Thus the Articles of Confederation were made to state where the people of the United States stood on the matter of tyranny. Under these articles, the government could not have too much power. One example from the Articles of Confederation was that the government had no power to tax the people, although the government could still request payment for protection and public services from the states. But, in order for this type of very conservative government to work, each state would have to agree on things at the same time and all would have to be willing to uphold the laws. Already it is possible to see that the Articles of Confederation would not be able to maintain the United States without other agreements.
A meeting was held in Philadelphia to discuss such agreements. These agreements became know as the Constitution of the United States. Many people gathered, such as George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin, in order to form an agreement that would protect the people of the United States. The new government of the United States relied on the Constitution, and it was prudent that the requests in it were clear, strong, and beneficial to the people of the United States.
