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The U.S. Constitution established America’s
national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights
for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, presided over by George Washington.
Under America’s first governing document, the Articles of Confederation, the
national government was weak and states operated like independent countries. At
the 1787 convention, delegates devised a plan for a stronger federal government
with three branches–executive, legislative and judicial–along with a system of
checks and balances to ensure no single branch would have too much power. The
Bill of Rights–10 amendments guaranteeing basic individual protections such as
freedom of speech and religion–became part of the Constitution in 1791. To
date, there have been a total of 27 constitutional amendments.
America’s first constitution, the Articles of
Confederation, was ratified in 1781, a time when the nation was a
loose confederation of states, each operating like independent countries. The
national government was comprised of a single legislature, the Congress of the
Confederation; there was no president or judicial branch. The Articles of
Confederation gave Congress the power to govern foreign affairs, conduct war
and regulate currency; however, in reality these powers were sharply limited
because Congress had no authority to enforce its requests to the states for
money or troops.
1.The framers of the Constitution walked a type of
tightrope in attempting to create a government that was strong, but not too
strong. Did they succeed?
2 . How effective was the national Congress under the Articles
of Confederation? Why were the Articles replaced by the Constitution? How was
the federal government different under the Constitution?
1. They did take a big chance trying to change this on all of the states but in the end it was probably best. We are still using the constitution today so yes I would say they did succeed
ReplyDelete2. The reason that America replaced the articles with the constitution was because the article were not working. It was weird because instead of being the United States of America we were almost seperated. States would pretty much make their own laws individually. Everything was a vote pretty much because the people thought that was best but it was not. So one day they had a meeting in Philadelphia with a representative from each state, and came up with the constitution to make us the actual United States Of America.
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This weeks blog is about the Articles of confederation v.s. The constitution.
ReplyDelete1. I think that the chance taken to create the constitution was risky, but worth it. It would have been hard to just make a whole new set of rules after the article of confederation failed, but they did any way, and it's great! So I believe that they strongly succeeded at making a leveled government.
2.I believe that the articles of Cinfereation were absolutely terrible and deeply needed the constitution to replace it. The Articles of Confederation weren't helping our country go into the right direction, in fact, I think it's safe to say that we were definately going into the wrong direction. When the constitution was made, it kind of set all the rules back where they should be. The Constitution definately made a huge impact on the government, and without it, I think we would be far from were our government is today. Although the constitution still had its own flaws, it was a much better improvement from the Articles of Confederation.
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Yes they did succeed, because of the fact that there was an equality of power between all the branches of government. Each branch can overrule another branch, and each branch has power to do certain things to a reasonable measure. Without this, we would most likely have a monarchy form of government like England, and we would have one rule with most of the power.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to congress and the articles of confederation, you just want to laugh. Congress had virtually no power, while the states had 9/10 of the power when it came to government. For this reason, we replaced the articles with something much better, the Constitution. This gave congress more power and even allowed them to set taxes for the country! This is also how different these two documents were. In a sense, the Articles of Confederation were like a rough draft for the constitution, except it was a really poor rough draft that made the only educated people in America look stupid!
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1. I think that the framers of the Constitution did succeed. They had a very good idea, and it worked. They thought that nobody should have too much power, so they divided up the power into three branches- executive, legislative, and judicial. Also, each branch can override the other branches, so the power is divided equally.
ReplyDelete2. The Article of Confederation wasn't that effective. It was like each state was a separate country. They had different laws and coins. If you were in trouble in one state, you could just walk over to another state and you wouldn't be in trouble. The Articles also didn't have any authority to tax, so they had no money to pay for the war.
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1.I think the farmers took a big risk and succeeded. They had a very good proposal, which work. They thought that no one should have too much power. So that's how we got our three branches- executive, legislative, and judicial. So each branch could override each other branches, which means the power was divided.
ReplyDelete2. To be honest I don't think that the Article of Confederation was very effective. My reason for say this is that is was like the states were there own country and not one United country. They had their own laws and money. Plus with the states having different laws you could get in trouble in one state and you could leave and go to another state and be a person that was never in trouble. The article also didn't have control of the taxes so they real could put taxes on anything. Which means they didn't have any money to pay for the war.
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1. Yes, creating a totally new set of rules was risky and difficult. However, our founding fathers managed it, and we have been a great nation ever since then. I would say that the United States Constitution was in fact a success.
ReplyDelete2. I'll just say flat out: the Articles of Confederation were absolutely worthless. The congress had absolutely no power whatsoever. The only things congress could do was coin money and start wars. And even then, they had to go to the states in order to get those things approved. Without our current constitution, we never would have gotten off the ground.
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Considering the farmers even had the confidence to go talk was completely crazy because they were kind of in the low class and they were wanting to say something about it. I would think that they succeed because we still have the constitution with little changes so I think they seceded.
ReplyDeleteThe Reason that they probably replace the article with the constitution was that they never got anything accomplished with the articles. With the articles they had to have a vote from every person and if one person denied it, the rule was gone. So basically the constitution was a better choice that the articles.
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Everyone who signed the Constitution took a huge and super risky chance, but it was worth it. The articles of confederation failed so it was hard to make a new set of rules but they did. I think the did a good job at making a balance government and a good rules because we still use the constitution today so yes they did succeed.
ReplyDeleteThe articles of confederation were a complete and utter failure. They were terrible. Congress basically had no power considering the states had about 9/10 of that power. They also needed to tax because of the debt from the war. The Articles didn't let them do that so they're the constitution which also divided the power equally.
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1- I Think that the Constitution was a success because even though it was risky it made up rules. And without those rules America would not be where it is today. The great nation that once was was founded on rules and beliefs and most of the police were in the constitution. We have a constitution America would probably not be the same.
ReplyDelete2- no the articles of Confederation are different story they were kind of pointless because they were stupid rules and if you would use common sense then it wouldn't take a genius to figure out that having different coins in different states would not work because trading would be unfair and would start wars which in fact it did. So that was not successful. Word count –129
1. These people who wanted to create a strong but not too strong government were known as anti-federalists. Their goal was to leave power to the states. They were against the whole idea of different divisions of government with checks and balances, and they wanted more power within the states rather than the federal government.
ReplyDelete2. Under the articles of confederation, the federal government was completely useless; they had little power because of majority votes and such. The constitution replaced this because the articles of confederation were deemed as needing revision, so a group of delegates met up and revised them. The federal government is different under the constitution because of a governmental system that has three divisions; judicial, executive, and legislative. They have checks and balances and all of their powers balance out.
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1. They tried but as it went on or as they got week they weren't that strong. They wanted to help the people and all but they didn't really help the people. Because with the Articles of Confederation they couldn't agree on laws to pass. And when they wrote the constitution they helped it work and then I have laws that everyone agreed on. As the people started to see the laws they were happy for a while but not really.
ReplyDelete2. It wasn't that effect because nobody could agree. They were replaced because nobody got anything done. It worked better together with the people.
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1.I think that they did succeed in creating a strong government.Though it is strong, it is also equally divided so that there isn't too much power in one area.So in my opinion,yes,they succeeded in making a strong government.
ReplyDelete2.The Articles of Confederation were replaced because they had little power over the colonies.The states ruled themselves and to form a strong country,all of the colonies had to be bound together by some means.The government needed to be stronger than the Articles of Confederation but not to the point where it was like England.(101 words)
Well, I mean, maybe, but it was in the middle. It wasn't good but it wasn't that bad. They attempted to start something but it just went downhill. From where they couldn't enforce laws to not beating able to tax. It was strong but it wasn't weak. It shared a purpose, just not well. I guess, it really depends on what they were looking for and in this case, they didn't really succeed that much but their was effort. I kinda pity them for trying so hard and it not working out.
ReplyDeleteIt was not really effective. It couldn't do a lot of things that were wanted. For example, as I said before no laws and taxes could be enforced. I would say it was a good idea to replace the Articles of Confederation with the constitution. It payed off for them. It kinda brought everything back together. It was perfect or fixed, but it wasn't broken. Everyone seemed like one. They knew what they wanted and needed. It wasn't just one sided, it was together. They gave it their all, and that's all that matters, in my perspective. I may be wrong but I may be right.
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They took a big risk trying to do this. Since the rules just failed and they are trying it on their own. I mean it sucked because well we still use them to this day so that's good. So they did good.
ReplyDeleteThey replaced the airtime because they were not good really and no one really thought that they would actually take them serious. I mean each state acted kinda different then the others different rules, money's, and laws. With the constitution it made everything fair and everyone voted so it made life a lot more simple then. So the articles were really not that good. (107)
I think they did succeed because obviously they had a very well built government and the fact that a group of people joined together to build a strong government that was well built and finalized.
ReplyDeleteThe congress under the articles of confederation was kind of effective because they had made all of theses rules for people to follow. The articles of confederation was replaced by the constitution because the articles of confederation didn’t explain very well about how to be a strong government and it didn’t thoroughly explain the rules of the country and that is why the articles of confederation was replaced by the constitution 106 words
I think that the risk that they took was very great on this. However, I mean, it must have payed off because we still use the constitution today! This was a great advance in my, and many people's opinions.
ReplyDeleteThey replaced these articles because they felt that they all needed a change in the course of governing themselves. They overall just wanted to break away from Britain! Theses new "rules" and "regulations" we're VERY common to everyone. The articles were not even that great. They had several flaws. These new ones came with some amazing and great. They provided a lot more to the people. (106)
1. I think that they did take a really big risk, but I'm the very end they succeed. The chance to crate this constitution really risky, but it was totally worth it.
ReplyDelete2. In my opinion, I do not think the Articles of Confederation was not even close to being effective and also, it was not a very bright idea. The congress had no power at all. The articles were replaced by the constitution because of the need for a stronger Federal government. The Articles of Confederation provided for a weak federal government. The states had controlled their own destinies and the federal government didn't do much about anything at all.
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The purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to create a confederation of states. Though the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation was not very good. For example, they were ineffective in establishing a strong central government as well as they also didn't give the government power. So it was pretty much that they were only effective in uniting the states. The Articles of Confederation were to create a confederation of states where each state retained its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, also every power, jurisdiction, and right. not . . . The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, this leaving most of the power with the state governments. Also afraid of strong centralized government after the Revolutionary War drafters of the Articles of Confederation made certain that the federal government would never be able to strip power from the individual states again. As a result of this the national Congress became so weak and politically ineffective that it was eventually was unable to maintain a national unity and went virtually bankrupt.
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1) it was definitely was struggle for te, to effectively start a government. It was t put together well. They had little power considering they couldn't enforce. If you can't enforce laws you don't have a very successful government. However, in the long run they did make a big improvement and started to help others succeed further on.
ReplyDelete2.) The articles were not effective. That is why they were replaced with the constitution. Each state was separated like a different country or continent type of thing. They broke away from England to get out of one person ruling everyone. However, their idea of fixing it was bad. (105)
It was a huge risk, it must've been hard for some farmers, but they did succeed and though I wasn't there, it was totally worth going through the struggles for it.
ReplyDeleteThe Articals of Confederation weren't that affective. First off, it was Americas' first ever laws/ confederation so of course it is going to have its flaws. Also, with it being the First Constitution, barely anyone could agree on certain rules, if one state didn't like it, oh well. There might be many reasons why the Constitution was changed, but one was because the Articals weren't working! Barely anyone would listen because that law might not have been the one that they wanted but they had. The federal power was different, it seemed like the states were latching away. It seemed like each state was their own country now. 139
Yes the writers of the constitution were successful with the writing of the constitution, but only the constitution not the articles of conference. Also congress was not at all good under the articles of confederation since they could basically do nothing. Another thing is that one reason that the articles of confederation were replaced was because they were terrible and the states were each separate which made the country we call America very weak since they had no unity, and the constitution allowed for both to have power but not more and not less than any other which helped make us stronger as a country.
ReplyDeleteThe federal government under the constitution had three branches and were able to make and enforce laws and taxes but not harshly, and they were the main government which also made us United instead of us each being their own by themselves. ( word count 147)
It was most likely extremely difficult for some of the local farmers. Even though they did succeed it was a very risky thing to try.
ReplyDeleteThe articles weren't affective whatsoever. If I was around back then i probably would've felt better when they were replaced. The constitution was way more affective than the articles would ever be.the federal government made more discussions with the constitution than with the articles. The articles were so ineffective that they could never pass anything because if the majority vote rule. The constitution just made everything so much easier and so much better for America. The constitution was just so helpful to us in multiple ways.
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ReplyDelete1.Making the Constitution was risky, but I think it did succeed. Instead of giving one group too much power, the power was divided into three branches.
ReplyDelete2. The Articles of Confederation failed because it did not give any power to Congress and instead gave the states all the power. The articles were filled with flaws. Under the Articles of Confederation, taxes and laws could not be enforced so the Constitution fixed that. Under the Articles of Confederation, the country was weak because of the lack of unity. Each state was separated from the others. Under the Constitution, the country grew strong.
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ReplyDelete1.well technically, if the goal was to make a government that was not too strong then they defiantly succeeded. To the straws they probably succeeded for a little while until everything just became so chaotic it was unbearable. The first constitution, which I am assuming in the one you are talking about in the question, was not successful at all.
2. The national congress was not efficient at all under the articles of confederation. They couldn't even pace laws which is kind of the point of a government. The articles were replaced because they did not work. All they had caused was a lot of confusion and a rebellion. The federal government was different under the constitution by giving the government more power. It also passed amendments which are permanent rules and the only way they can be changed is by another amendment. The government under the constitution was split into three different section called the legislature branch, judicial branch, and executive branch. Certain regulations were placed on each one so one branch would not have more power. The powers between the branches were separated out equally. With this, laws were passed and things were changed so we could have a successful nation.
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