The Articles of Confederation were adopted on November 15,1777, and was the first step towards having a song and structured government. When it comes to the Articles of Confederation, you must keep in mind that this was the first form of government EVER for americans, which is why it was so weak. It worked a little bit for a while but getting people to agree with it was difficult. But it was decided upon because despite them being their own country for the first time, they still needed a government system and at that specific time, they needed to take that baby step for the sake of this country, regardless of the lack of strength of the content. You see, when congress got the Articles of Confederation, they had to send it to the states. The …show more content…
They needed a more structured government to help the country run smoothly. Some changes needed to be made for the sake of the colonist and to make sure the people who need to power, have it. First, they needed an executive branch, legislative branch, and a judicial branch that was structured in fine print, meaning that there was a set way for both of these things. These branches are the same ones we have today and that just proves to show that because they took that baby step, they started walked like an adult. Second, the Congress didn't not have power to tax so they had to give them that power or else, the states would have way to much power than they should actually be given. Third, they needed to have a stronger Federal government, like the one we have today, because without it, the states are given too much responsibility and everything runs nicer when there is a big central government deciding things as well. Also, many different forms of currency were allowed in every state. Someone could go into a state with a different form a currency and still be able to enter or cross. That was a major problem and it just made everything confusing for …show more content…
Then northern states wanted slaves in the southern states to be counted so that they the government could raise taxes there. However, the southern staes didn't want them to be counted because obviously, they didn't want to have to pay more taxes and they also didn't want slaves to be counted to the population because they didn't want it to decide on the amount of representatives represent the state because slave were treated as property, not people, at that time. Somehow, oddly, another compromise was made; for every five slaves, was three counted people. This decided on how many representatives a state can have and how much tax was put on the state as well. This compromise was called the “Three Fifths Compromise.” After this, a couple of weeks were made to the branches of government and then, the convention was done with 38 delegate signatures on the Contitution on September 17, 1787. I think it was extremely important to make these compromises because had they not, there would just be more fighting and they had just gotten done with a huge war. I don't they could’ve taken or afforded another war within their own country! That defeats the whole purpose of having a united nation. If you don't have compromise, you don't see things in different aspects and that disables you to explore new ways and ideas with things and
Before the U.S. Constitution there was the Articles of Confederation. The document could declare war, negotiate treaties, and control foreign affairs. It couldn’t enforce laws, tax, and raise its own army. What the Articles Of Confederation lacked was a strong central government. Alexander Hamilton called for a constitutional convention in 1786, and it took place in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787.
For this purpose, a special convention was held in Philadelphia for delegates to “overhaul” the Articles of Confederation and “render the constitution of the Federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union” (161). During what came to be known as the Constitutional Convention, many issues were debated and
In 1777, the Continental Congress completed the first written American constitution, the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was created to form an alliance between the 13 colonies. It was working out well in the beginning until serious problems started to appear. Those were money problems and most importantly, a weak government. One issue the Articles of Confederation had, was the major money issues inflicted upon the union which harmed the coherency of our country.
The Articles of Confederation was written when the United States was a fairly new country, and from the people wanting to create a different government from the king of England. Although this document respected individual rights, it was too loose of a document that could drive the country to success. After revising what they had created, the founding father of the us the created the us constitution. It was more strict, but still valued peoples rights.
The Articles of Confederation couldn’t deal adequately with many problems that arose during the 1780’s. Some of the problems include National Security and Currency. On the other hand, The Articles of Confederation did have some admirable traits to it. Such as the Ordinances of 1787 and 1785. Though the Articles had some praiseworthy achievements, it did come with some major complications.
Another compromise made at the convention was the Slave Trade. Some northern states banned slave trade in 1787. After that, delegates from northern states believed that slave trade
By the way, did anyone ever tell you that the Constitution is unconstitutional? Yep, the whole thing. Or at least its ratification was illegal. This is not a joke, except to the degree that it is.
At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, differences between the delegates and the interests they represented made compromise absolutely necessary. Debates over representation led to two very well-known compromises. These compromises are the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise. The Great Compromise led to the establishment of a two house legislature, which resolved disputes between small and large states. The Three-Fifths Compromise gave the South more representation by counting slaves as three-fifths of a person.
In the middle of the 18th century, Britain and France were at war against each other. Both the British and the French wished to extend their colonies in North America into the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. Britain’s purpose of this expansion was to gain more territory and power, whereas the French were pursuing trade with the Native Americans that lived in that part of the country. After seven years of fighting, Britain had won the war, and Treaty of Paris of 1763 officially resolved the French and Indian War. Despite the immense amount of land that Britain attained in the aftermath of this war, they were in severe debt because the French and Indian War was unbearably expensive.
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the thirteen original states of the United States that served as the first constitution. The Articles had first been introduced by Richard Henry Lee in the Second Continental Congress. Although the Articles of Confederation has made its contributions throughout history, the Articles, however, did not last very long and had been proven inadequate from the very start. I agree with this statement based on the examples and analysis of the Constitution I will soon provide. The Articles of Confederation were written during a time when the American people feared a strong national government.
The Articles of the Confederation was the first government constitution that the United States used, and, although there were strength like the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, there were major weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation like the following: requiring 9 out of the 13 colonial votes from the representatives from different states to pass a law; having no executive and judicial branch; and the federal government being unable to impose tax revenue onto the states. Such flaws would eventually lead to the Constitution and the repeal of the articles, for the Constitution was a measure to fix the problems of the articles with a stronger government that allowed them to impose taxes and and implement new laws for a more effective government.
The United States confronted many problems once they gained their independence from Great Britain. One of the biggest problems was their form of government at that time, which was stated in the Articles of Confederation. This presented many problem to the states, as stated in a document about the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, some of the problems of the Articles of Confederation were the poor international trade, poor foreign relations, weak economy, and Shay’s Rebellion. The people, specifically the Federalists, wanted a new government because of the weakness of the government at that moment. According to many history books, the government also faced financial problems and tried to resolve them by taxing the states, because