Mostly the Anti-Federalists thought that the Constitution created too strong of a central government. They felt that the Constitution did not create a Federal government, but a single national government. They were afraid that the power of the states would be lost and that the people would lose their individual rights because a few individuals would take over. As a result, they proposed The Bill of Rights, to make sure the citizens were protected by the law. They believed that no Bill of Rights would be equal to no check on our
They did this to “modify and address the failures of the Articles of Confederation” (Callahan 34). Although there were many weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and they might not have provided the most effective form of government, the articles helped lay the foundation for the new government of America that we have today. The central government was too weak to govern, with no chief executive, no national court system, no power to regulate interstate commerce, no military, no national currency, and it was difficult to pass laws. According to Callahan, the Founding Fathers believed the Articles needed to be replaced by the U.S. Constitution because they needed the nation to function as one united country and not as thirteen small and unorganized nations. The Articles of Confederation was just a start to what made our nation how it is
Eventually, it was decided that this agreement had to be revised to suit the needs of the nation as a whole. In May 1787, delegates from the 13 states met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. However, in course of convention all the delegation members came to a mutual conclusion that rewriting the entire Constitution was better than revising the existing Articles of the Confederation. The US Constitution The US Constitution, which is considered to be the supreme law in the United States of America today, is an agreement which provides the guidelines for the organization of the United States government, i.e. the federal government, and its relationship with various states and citizens of the country.
Lastly, the federal government would crack-down on the runaway slaves when they were caught. These items caused the north and south to start distrusting the government. The reason for this is because they were told they would have a say in the decision making and in return the government did as they pleased. Reference HIST2, Volume 1, Kevin M. Schultz- Cengage
By mid-June of 1787, it had become clear to the delegates that it was necessary to start from scratch, and completely rewrite the Articles of Confederation, creating the United States Constitution. Although the Articles of Confederation had several accomplishments such as being the first constitution for the United States and Great Land Ordinances, it was a cause of many
At the Constitutional Convention the Federalists drew up plans for a new constitution while the Anti-Federalists complained and picked apart their plan, even though the Anti-Federalists had no plan of their own. The main issue the Anti-Federalists had with the new constitution was that they thought that it would not protect the rights of states and individuals. Federalists argued that a stronger government was necessary, not to impede individual rights, but to be able to pass and enforce laws. Federalists also argued a stronger bond between states was needed to improve the economic state of the country. Under the Articles of Confederation each state printed their own currency which became worthless in any other
The Articles after a few short years would eventually be replaced by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Constitution replaced the Articles because they contained more weaknesses than strengths, which forced the colonists to get rid of them and create a new document; the strengths of the Articles were few. Replacing the Articles pleased the people with the legislature because it gave them a voice in the government. The fear of the central government holding too much power was very concerning and consequently resulted in creating a governing document that left many important powers to the states. The Articles provided a unicameral structure for the new government and established a league of friendship among the 13 independent states.
As a member of the US House of Representatives, Madison reviewed the Constitution making changes were he felt was necessary. Many Representatives argued that Congress did not have the authority to make changes to the wording of the Constitution. This made the changes that Madison made to the Constitution, amendments following Article VII. The House approved seventeen amendments, those seventeen amendments were sent to the Senate where they approved twelve. The twelve amendments were sent to the states for approval.
After all, the official head of the Church of England was the British monarch. States experimented with republican ideas when drafting their own constitutions during the war. All these major changes would be felt by Americans before the dawn of the nineteenth century. POLITICAL IMPACT United States emerged as an independent country basing its right to existence on popular sovereignty and successful revolution. In the course of its revolution and afterwards, the United States came to exemplify a number of important political ideas which can be summarized in four words: republicanism, democracy, federalism and
The main debate between federalists and the anti-federalists was over the constitution. Many state representatives believed that they were going to lose all of their power to the federal government and therefore did not support the writing of a new constitution. They felt like they were going to be fired from being state politicians and the country would no longer be split into states. The federalists thought that the current problems that the United States was facing could be solved by simply letting the big government take control with limited individual states’ input. It took many months to persuade the majority to agree and finally, they received the majority vote to write the new constitution together as a country (Paul Klinger,