Bea Asuncion 2/23/12 Honors US History DBQ The Articles of Confederation was passed by Congress in 1777 and provided the United States with an ineffective government from 1781 to 1789. Under the Articles of Confederation, the states had adopted a new type of government called democracy. In this government, the states were given far more superior powers over the national government. As a result, this caused economic, social, and political problems not only within the states but with other countries as well. The Articles of Confederation was effective in some ways.
The Articles of Confederation was American colonies first attempt to become unified under a single governmental entity. Designed to be weak, the Articles banded the 13 colonies in an attempt deal with problems such as foreign policy. At the time of the Articles of Confederation, the colonies were much divided and there were constantly opposing views on every action taken. The Articles of Confederation, on the positive note, was able to unify the American colonies in their fight against Britain and solve the land issues of Western lands. In a way we could see the Articles of Confederation as a stepping stone to something greater, the United States Constitution.
Nicole Brennan AP US History- Pd. 9 October 15, 2010 To what extent was the United States Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation? The Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation to establish the laws and government of the newly independent country of the United. The Articles of Confederation however proved to be quite flawed. They were far from perfect leaving many people unhappy with them.
Disputes over western lands played the largest role, where most states wanted access to lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. Previous to the war, the Proclamation of 1763 forbid the colonists’ permission to cross into these areas. Through many compromises, the document finally passed in in March of 1781. The largest flaw of this document, as the delegates would later realize, discouraged the federal government from taxing the states, which would cause major issues. However, for the time being, the Articles of Confederation provided the United States a system of government to start off with when the war
The heavy weighing cost of the war being charged to the 13 colonies brought a feeling of enmity toward Great Britain. Thus unifying the colonies and cutting ties in what was inevitable with England. The 13 colonies declare independence from Great Britain. Although England’s right to regulate trade and tax the colonies was just it was received by the colonies of the America’s as unjust and to gain revenue. The Townshend Acts, a profit gaining tax was written about by an American colonist named John Dickinson in a book Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania.
The articles were introduced in 1777 and this gave the power to individual states. The problem of the Articles of Confederation was that it limited the power to central government. This meant that the congress had no power to tax. The congress gave all the authority to the states over and left it with no power over the nations economic affairs. The main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation are that it legislated for states but not for individuals.
The Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court jurisdiction, but the Marshall court ruled the Act of 1789 to be an unconstitutional extension of judiciary power into the realm of the executive. Fellow Hamiltonian and chief Justice Marshall dismissed Marbury’s suit, avoiding a political show down and magnifying the power of the court. This case cleared controversy over who had final say in interpreting the constitution. The states didn’t, the Supreme Court did. This case established the principle of judicial review and gave strengths and power to the
Haylie Stickel Civics Frickman Should the constitution be ratified or should it be tossed? The Articles of Confederation established America’s first national government but it was a weak one because it was a free government. This became apparent after Shay’s Rebellion; the government couldn’t regulate the economy or apply a foreign policy. We needed to change the Articles of Confederation thus a meeting was called to the Annapolis Convention. There were plenty of arguments over what to add or take out so some delegates came up with the idea to abandon the Articles of Confederation and establish a new constitution.
Democracy, by definition, is inclusive. The goal of reform movements was to eliminate exclusiveness.This is ironic because, some reform acts only created more exclusiveness for the target group. The constitution states, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice.” However, what everyone was debating over between 1825 and 1850 is the question, what does justice mean and who deserves it? When figuring the validity of the statement, reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals, you have to take into account that each reform movement only expanded the democratic ideals for a very specific group. An example of this would be the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Causes of the Revolutionary The cause of the revolutionary war was not one but many causes. The main cause which seems to be fact was the the colonists and Britain’s views on laws that Parliament had enforced upon the colonies such as new taxes. The colonists believed they should not be taxed with out representation because they wanted to voice their opinion about laws Parliament creates. Britain believed the colonies were created to be used to benefit Britain. When the French and Indian War ended the British felt they had the right to settle former French land even though Indians inhabited most of it.