Chapter 1, Section 1 Notes * Government is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. * Public policies are all of those things a government decides to do that ranges from taxation, defense, education, crime, health care, transportation, environment, civil rights, and working conditions. * Legislative power is the power to make law and to frame public policies. * Executive power is the power to execute, enforce, and administer
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Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. The Articles of Confederation were first drafted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1777. This first draft was prepared by a man named John Dickinson in 1776. The Articles were then ratified in 1781. The cause for the changes to be made was due to state jealousies and widespread distrust of the central authority. This jealousy then led to the
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The Philadelphia Convention 1787 The Philadelphia Convention, congregated in May 1787, ending on September 17 with the signing of the Constitution, generated a powerful national government with broad powers of taxation, military defense, and authority to make laws. The first Constitution of the United States of America laid down by the Philadelphia Convention was to become the supreme law of the land. After the Revolutionary War, the country was confronted with debts, taxes, tariffs, military
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ideology of this fledgling nation. From the basics of freedom provided for in the Articles of Confederation grew the seeds of what would become the Constitution. It has long been maintained that James Madison was the “Father of the Constitution”, he himself would say that the constitution was not the “offspring of a single brain” but “the work of many heads and many hands” Granted the Constitution was a work of many but the ideas that outline the way our great nation are governed to this very
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Constitution Influences America was now a newly independent country, free from British rule. Although this was great for the American citizens, they were left with no form of government. Many changes were made to the country as a benefit to move forward and away from Britain. Major ones include the Bill of Rights, Virginia Declaration of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the Northwest Ordinance. After multiple new forms of government were tried, the country
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In recent events, the delegates and I found the existing document, the Articles of Confederation, very problematic. With no executive or judicial branch, the Articles of Confederation is proving to be extraordinarily restrictive. In addition, the Articles of Confederation is preventing us from taxing and regulating interstate as well as foreign commerce. Moreover, we need nine out of thirteen states to enact laws and thirteen out of thirteen votes to make amendments to the Articles. The problems
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Constitution Paper By: Leona Amos Class: His/115 Instructor: Jonathan Tietz Date: March 23rd, 2013 The Constitution was supposed to be the “right hand man” to the Declaration of Independence. Simply because when problems arose from the Declaration of Independence by some people the Constitution stepped in. You see, on May 14, 1787 there was a meeting at the State House for the Federal Convention to revise the Article of Confederation. From what I have read it was simply because it took several
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The Articles of Confederation was our countries first Constitution. It was a black and white agreement drafted by the Second Continental Congress. It was agreed upon and signed by the thirteen colonies in 1781. The Articles were mainly aimed at the state governments. The Articles had many weaknesses, but it also accomplished many things. The Articles of Confederation were able to keep the state together until the Constitution was written. I was because of the Articles that the Revolutionary
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government in the United States was a loose league of states governed by the Articles of Confederation. This form of government was chosen because the people were scared they would experience tyranny like they did with Great Britain if their federal government wasn’t weak. 2. What were the weaknesses of the Article of Confederation? What event exemplified these weaknesses? The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were Congress’s inability to collect taxes and police trade, establish a national currency
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The Articles of Confederation were the first written Constitution of the United States and remained in effect from 1781 to 1788. It was first written in 1777, but took four years for all states to ratify it due to disputes over western lands. Attempts to amend it, to give the national government more power, were presented several times, but failed due to the requirement of nine votes in agreement instead of the majority. The only powers granted to the national government were rights regarding the
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