A Virginia dollar could be worth more than a South Carolina dollar, or worth less than a New England gold coin. In the table showing the “Estimated Market Value of United States Exports to Great Britain” one can see that after the Revolution, there less trade with Great Britain, which also hindered the economic situation of the United States. Politically, the Articles of Confederation was unable to maintain order. They allowed each state one vote for equality; unfortunately, many members would often fail to attend Congress, more concerned about what was going on in their state, therefore, the vote was not cast. Also among the states there were many disputes, especially about boundary lines.
Founders James Madison is the real father of US government in my point of view. He wrote Constitution, the main rules of the government, as a pioneer. In his idea, the structure of government had to be republic rather than democratic because it was quite difficult to have a direct democracy in such a nation with so many people, and not all of them needed to be listened to by government when making decisions. What’s more, he changed the way of dividing the political powers among several parts of the entire nation, which was quite significant for the emergence of US government at present. First about republic, James Madison decided to abandon the democratic governmental form and used the republic form instead because the latter tended to
However, not all citizens were allowed to vote; only men, who were Patricians or Plebeians, could vote. Women and slaves did not ever have the right to vote, or hold a seat in the Senate. This system worked well until around 48 BCE when Julius Caesar became the first Emperor of Rome in over four hundred years. He, and the Emperors following, did not completely follow the “Dictatorship” way of governing. Some Emperors followed the Senate’s advice and laws set.
The government could not control all these invasions, so this was another component that helped the fall of the Roman Empire. Document 5 shows bias because it blames the fall of the civilization on internal decay. This is significant because if a very well organized government that had been able to keep order throughout such a large empire could no longer do it, then this meant nobody else could. All of these political
Women were very low key and inferior to men. The Roman Republic started at 509 BCE, with the expulsion of the seventh and last King of Rome; King Tarquin. In the Republic the people have the right to vote and elect officials and it is based on rule of law with constitution. The Republic did not stay for too long it slowly decline as problems arises. The Republic had a lot of failures such as the senates not able to agree with each other, which slowed them to respond and provide the needs of the people.
Therefore, people no longer had to worry about changing the currency when crossing into other states. Another problem with the Articles of Confederation was that it allowed each individual state to have its own militia. This was a problem because each army was small and run by different people, and the states did not have sufficient funds to arm their men adequately. The Constitution corrected this failure by raising and supporting armies, providing and maintaining a navy, and designating the President of the United States as the commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The Federal Government now has the right to organize, arm, and discipline the militia.
Most of congresses oversight comes from congressional committees as unlike in Britain congress cannot hold question time as the executive is not present in congress so it is only in committees that members of congress can directly question the executive. There is much evidence to suggest that congressional oversight is only effective when the controlling party in congress and the presidents party remain distinct due to that idea that when they are not, oversight and the scrutiny that comes parallel to it, would do the executive unnecessary harm, in the words of David Broder 'no Republican committee chairman wanted to turn over rocks in a Republican administration'. This argument is highlighted by the fact that almost all of the senates rejection of presidential appointments existed in a time when the presidents party did not control congress, for example, the democrat senate's rejection of George H W Bush's appointment of John Tower to secretary of defence and the republican senate's rejection of Clinton's nuclear test ban treaty. The most noticeable example however comes from George Bush JNR's time in office where for the majority of his first 6 years in power he held a republican congress. During this time of lapdog congress, congressional oversight was practically non existent with a measly 37
Each branch represents a different aspect of the people, and because all three branches are equal, no one group can assume control over another. A listing of rights can be a dangerous thing. If the national government were to protect specific listed rights, what would stop it from violating rights other than the listed ones? Since we can't list all the rights, the Federalists argued that it's better to list none at all. Unlike the Anti-Federalists, most Federalists were wealthy, well-educated, and unified by the desire for a powerful, centralized government.
Unions that count enact laws upon all states. “In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” This quote is an example of why that a national government is more essential then the states. Most importantly lets pay close attention to this next. “For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do? Why for instance, should it be said, that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given by which restrictions may be imposed?” I think it speaks for itself.
The major difference being that Athens council of five hundred men were chosen by lottery. Regardless of Athenians reputation of being highly educated, they very well could have been a few Athenians who were not quite suited for the job because of their lack of education. Sparta’s council was composed of the two kings, and 28 citizens over the age of 60. They did not debate, unlike Athens, but with having less people on their council and assembly, they had a more uncomplicated and less confusing way of running their government. Sparta certainly did not give its citizens as much freedom as Athenian government but the fact that they had less people in not only their city, but on their council and assembly, made it an easier and more effective way to run their government in a smaller amount of time.