Confederation and Constitution

Confederation and Constitution

1/30/2015

the first government structure for the thirteen states, that was established on March 1, 1781 but only lasted until March 4, 1789. The Articles of Confederation left the central government weak and states operated like independent countries. With every state acting as independent countries, it led to fighting amongst the states. The leaders knew that there had to be a better and stronger central government to avoid such issues. The states at this

The Constitution is something that we all know as the backbone of what the United States is built on. It all started with the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was time was in debt and without a central government to tax, the government had to ask the states for funding and in most cases was denied which led to more debt.

Once leaders decided that there had to be a change in order to become a stronger nation, they knew that they had to change or completely do away with the Articles of Confederation in order to begin building that stronger government. After many going back and forth, it was concluded that the Articles of Confederation would be revoked and the Constitution would be the replacement to lead them in the right direction of a more perfect union amongst the states. "At the 1787 convention, delegates devised a plan for a stronger federal government with three branches–executive, legislative and judicial–along with a system of checks and balances to ensure no single branch would have too much power" (Constitution, n.d).

representatives. There were still issues with the Constitution that states wanted included before they decided to sign. One of the biggest issues for them was that the Constitution failed to include that the states lacked protection of basic political rights, religion and the press. Later on, the states agreed to sign the Constitution with the understanding that there would be

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