...and the governor. The Articles of Confederation was written in 1777. The states were given power. The Congress could make laws, coin/borrow money, build roads and post offices, deal with foreign nations and declare war. Congress could not regulate trade, collect taxes and enforce laws. The states did not want to give lands to the government. Disputes over land slowed ratification of the Articles of Confederation. The land ordinance of 1785 broke land into six-square mile townships. The land ordinance of 1787 banned slavery and set up a three-step process for state hood. Governing a new nation led to compromises at the Constitutional Convention. The compromise of the constitutional convention caused the Great Compromise, a representative government and the three-fifths compromise. The House of Representatives and Senate were made. The senate had two votes per state. The House of Representatives was based on the state’s population. The compromises satisfied people who supported the Virginia...
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...COMPROMISES OF OUR CONSTITUTION America was built on compromises. What you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration. A compromise means an agreement reached by opposing claims. (1) There were several compromises that were made to help form the Constitution of the United States. There were three main conflicts the new nation had to be resolve. The main ones were: The Great Compromise, The 3/5ths Compromise and also The Slave Trade Compromise. Even though there were conflicts over a strong central government, and states’ rights, the members in the Philadelphia Convention overcame their differences to form a democratic government that is for the people, and meets the needs of our nation. (2) The original document established for the United States to govern the people was adopted in 1777. It was called, the Articles of Confederation. It was outdated and it needed to be tweaked. Congress had very limited power to regulate national affairs, no authority to tax, or to regulate commerce. As a result of a weak central government, in 1787, the United States went bankrupt. With credit and debt problems, the states convinced the delegates to meet. So, they met in May, at the Convention, in Philadelphia. Rather than fix a broken system, the Virginia plan modeled a whole new government system, it had Federal and National Features. States would have power but submit to a national supreme authority. (3) The Great Compromise was very important. The Virginia plan had the structure...
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...By 1787 it was obvious that the federal government lacked sufficient authority under the Articles of Confederation, leading to the calling of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Per the Congress, the purpose of this convention was to "revise the Articles of Confederation" not to abolish them altogether. However, all the representatives agreed that the articles had to be scrapped and a new governmental document had to be written. As a result, the U.S. Constitution produced "bundle of compromises" because delegates had to give ground under various circumstances to construct a Constitution that was acceptable to each of the 13 states. One of these compromises includes The Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise, which combined...
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...to fix the problems stated in the Declaration of Independence which was written in the year 1776. The United States Constitution reflects and supports the idea of the Declaration of Independence. Many different problems from the Declaration of Independence needed to be fixed through the Constitution.”He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good”. (Declaration of Independence) The King of Great Britain refused to set laws for the common good of all people. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government. So according to the first amendment, the people’s common good is protected by Congress. There were several economic problems said in the Declaration of Independence, for example:” the imposing of taxes on us without our consent.” (Declaration of Independence) Colonists were extremely angered by the fact that Great Britain felt as if they had the right to impose taxes on the Colonists without any consent of the action. They managed to fix this problem by writing of the Constitution. Congress has the...
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...The Great Compromise was Benjamin Franklin's most important contribution to the Constitutional Convention; and his work in the Convention was his last great service to the country. He held the Convention together when many of the delegates were ready to leave. After many days of discussion the Great Compromise was adopted on July 16. It provided for a national congress of two houses. In the Senate, each state was given two representatives, thereby satisfying the small states' demand for equal representation. In the House of Representatives, the larger states were favored by basing representation on population; each state was first allowed one representative for every 40,000 inhabitants, later changed to one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants....
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...Running head: Constitution Paper Constitution Nequia Covington Christopher Powers Abstract The American Revolution creating the ideology that all men are created equal failed to connect with the new United States’ form of government. Americans attempted to define the meaning of American equality by holding several constitutional conventions that defined how the government would operate and who could participate in political life. The basic principles of democracy, giving majority the rule, struck fear into those who believed this would bring ruin of the hard-fought struggle for independence. The forming of a republic, which constructed a government where the important affairs would be entrusted only to representative men of learning and refinement, eased several minds. Constitution Paper The American Revolution creating the ideology that all men are created equal failed to connect with the new United States’ form of government (OpenStax, 2014). Americans attempted to define the meaning of American equality by holding several constitutional conventions that defined how the government would operate and who could participate in political life (OpenStax, 2014). The basic principles of democracy, giving majority the rule, struck fear into those who believed this would bring ruin of the hard-fought struggle for independence (OpenStax, 2014). The forming of a republic, which constructed a government where the important affairs would be entrusted only to representative...
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...The United States Constitution overcame the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and provided organization for the new government. In the 1780’s, the United States composed their first form of government after the colonists won the Revolutionary War against the British. This first form of government was known as The Articles of Confederation, which gave power to the states and created a unicameral legislature. A new constitution was made at the constitutional convention, which formulated many different compromises such as The Great Compromise, and the Three-Fifths compromise. Some people believed that the Constitution should be ratified, and some people thought it should not be, these people became known as federalists and antifederalists. While the articles of confederation created the first form of government for the states, it had many flaws. Some of these were resolved at the Constitutional Convention by creating many compromises, but people known as anti-federalists still thought that the constitution should not be ratified. This was solved by...
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...of Representatives. The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan both presented very different ways of representation. The Virginia Plan proposed that representation be based on population, for a more proportional vote, but the New Jersey Plan proposed that each state has one vote, for a more equal vote. In order to resolve this issue of representation, a new plan was accepted that called for a congress of two houses: in the upper house, or Senate, representation of the states would be equal, with each state having two senators; in the lower house, or House of Representatives, representation would be apportioned according to population of each state, so the states with more people would get more representatives. This was known as the Great Compromise. Now that representation in the house was based on population, a new issue arose. How slaves should be counted towards representation. The South wanted to include slaves in order to get more...
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...United States Constitution was the first form of government. The Bill of Rights was later added. The United States Constitution and Amendments were established to fix the problems stated in the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. The phrase “We the People” is one of the first fixes between the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. These three words affirms that the government of the United States will serve its citizens. The Constitution has remained in force to this day, because its framers successfully separated and balanced government. The United States Constitution supports and reflects the idea of the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution also addressed the complaints in the Declaration of Independence. The US Constitution created a government of three branches—executive, legislative, and judicial, granting unique powers to each branch. “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” (Declaration of Independence) The king of Great Britain refused to set laws for the common good of the people. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of grievance.” (United States Constitution; Amendment I) So according to the first amendment, the people’s...
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...Purchase, Civil War, The Missouri Comprise, Civil Rights acts, enslaved African Americans and even information down to one of the latest historically issues the Michael Brown case of Ferguson Missouri. I decided to focus more on The Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Missouri Compromise created a huge quarrel between the northern and southern states. The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to conserve a balance between power in the Congress within the freed slave states and the non freed slave states. The southern states were against the Missouri Compromise and they argued that it evoked the Congress the power to create laws regarding slavery. The southern states relied on slaves economically because the...
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...many problems. The United States Constitution and Amendments were established to fix the problems stated in the Declaration of Independence. It is amazing to say The Constitution is not only the nations but the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. The famous phrase “We the People” is one of the first fixes between the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. These three words affirms that the government of the United States will serve its citizens and the people are what matters to the government. The Constitution is still in forced to this day, because it successfully separates and balances our government. The United States Constitution not only supports but truly reflects the idea of the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution addressed the many complaints of the Declaration of Independence. The US Constitution created a government of three branches—executive, legislative, and judicial, granting unique powers to each branch. “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good” (Declaration of Independence). The king of Great Britain rejected and refused the idea of setting laws for the common good of the people. The king never had the interest of his people at heart. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for...
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...In the United States Constitution, compromise was used many times and that is why we are living in this nation today. One of the many compromises was the Great Compromise, which involved Roger Sherman proposing different representation in the two-house legislature. He wanted the Upper House (the Senate), to have two members in each state. Sherman also wanted the Lower House (the House of Representatives) to have the same number of seats based on the state’s population. The Virginia Plan was created by Edmond Ralph and James Madison; it required a strong government, which meant that bigger states had an advantage. This plan also included three branches: Legislature, Executive, and Judicial; therefore, all the power would be split and...
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...The United States Constitution overcame the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and provided the organization of the new government. After the American Revolutionary War in America, the colonists needed a government so no one could take away their power.The Articles of Confederation were very weak and under them the new country was vulnerable and the states all were doing their own thing. During the Constitutional Convention, many compromises were made to make everyone in small and large states happy. Federalists wrote the Federalists Papers to gain support from the public. Anti- Federalists refused to sign things and protested the Constitution. To overcome the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation the newly formed United States...
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...The Constitutional Convention was assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 to discuss and revise the Articles of Confederation. Fifty-five delegates, including James Madison and George Mason, were compiled from several states and the meeting was supervised by George Washington. During this assembly, two different plans of action were set forth to improve upon the existing government: the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. After the proposals of the Virginia and New Jersey plans, the Constitutional Convention was forced to settle on the Great Compromise in order to end disputes between the states and maintain independence for both the national government and the states. The Virginia Plan was authored by the Virginian delegates, including James Madison. It departed from the government system created by the Articles and gave states power while still holding up the federal government as the supreme authority. It was composed of a single executive with two houses (an upper and a lower) as well as a new court system. Representation of the states was based on state population. The authors of the Virginia Plan believed that the delegates would prefer a general grant of authority to a long list of enumerated representatives. The Virginia Plan was fought against by representatives from the small states and a new solution was created to...
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...South was agricultural, and the West was the frontier. The people that lived in these different regions had very different lifestyles and different opinions on issues, which caused a great divide. The most notable difference in opinion and lifestyle was slavery, the North was anti-slavery and mostly made up of free states, on the contrary the South’s economy was based on slavery and predictably they were pro-slavery, and the West was made up of free states because each newly formed state had to outlaw slavery. In the South slaves would pick tobacco and cotton, they were essential to their way of life. The slavery debate eventually led to intense sectional hatred mainly between the North and the...
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