Preamble Vs Constitution

Once America was free of British rule, U.S citizens were on their own. They had no form of government to keep them together. The Articles of Confederation were the American’s first attempt at their own government system.

When the colonists first arrived to the New World there were very few obligations and rules that the British government had set for them and they were on their own to live their life in the way they saw fit. Throughout the years, England realized how much of an asset the New World was to their economy. Due to the American colonies great advantages to their economy and their everyday lives, Great Britain became greedy and decided that only they should be able to exploit from the colonies. This greed prompted the Crown to implement new taxes and regulations in order to obtain a larger profit. After many attempts to work with Great Britain and being dismissed, the colonist declared independence from England. This caused the Revolutionary War and in 1783 the colonists were finally free from Great Britain. The colonists drew from the positive and negative experiences from the Crown's rule when writing their own country's government. The crown's supreme rule over all aspects of the colonists life compelled the colonists to incorporate a limited government into the Constitution. Because of the lack of representation that the colonists possessed during during colonial times, when making the constitution they secured the idea of popular sovereignty as an effort to make sure that all citizens could have an opinion in their ruling. Separation of power was implemented into the Constitution for the purpose of denying one person excessive power. Checks and balances fall under

The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. Although, it established a weak central government, it contributed to U.S principles because The Articles of Confederation were the basis of the first government of the United States of America. The Articles were essentially the “training wheels” of the government; it was a learning point to create something much greater which became the Constitution. The problems that this weak document created, combined with the Confederation government’s ineffectual response to Shays’ Rebellion, convinced national leaders that a more powerful central government was necessary.

After the defeat of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, America was faced with many challenges. Some of these challenges brought upon the Americans grew from the weakness of new national government. This government was founded upon the Articles of Confederation, America’s first constitution. The Articles of Confederation resulted in a weak national government and strong state governments, making it seem as though each individual state were its own country. With the Articles of Confederation failing to serve America properly, the debate arose about whether or not to make a new constitution for America. The Federalists and Anti-Federalists were the two groups that debated the ratification of

First, United States Constitution establishes a system of government named “representative democracy”. In a representative democracy or indirect democracy, the power to govern comes from the people, who have the highest power. The government works for the people and protects their rights; this is “Popular Sovereignty”. The people elect representatives to make laws. Laws made in the United States must follow

The colonies and their mother country were at their brinks with each other. Taxes, rebellion, and unreasonable law pushed these nations into battle which would be known as the American Revolution. The separated colonies would unite and fight together for their well deserved independence. Throughout this the first government was set up by the Continental Congress known as the Articles of Confederation. Some may argue that the Articles were effective in expanding the nation; however, the Articles proved to be ineffective when dealing with the falling economy and taking control of the colonies.

During the years 1781 to 1789, the Articles of Confederation was the bases of the current government. This confederation was set up to create a weak government, leaving main power in the state legislatures. The people of the new United States did not foresee having a strong central government in fear of a monarchy such as that of Great Britain's. To a significant extent, the government under these articles were ineffective due to the lack of power in Congress and control of foreign relations. A contribution to the downfall of the Articles of Confederation is the insufficiency of it.

finally became independent from Britain, the U.S. needed a way to structure the government, write a constitution, needed a president, and get those who didn’t agree with the Constitution to agree. In 1777, the Continental Congress created the Article of Confederation. This limited power on the government, didn’t allow a president or court, and no power to tax. Daniel Shay rebelled against the rising of taxes because many farmers were in debt, and lost their land. His rebellious act got many people to want a more powerful government. The colonists then came together to improve the Article of Confederation and wrote the Constitution. The Constitution included the Great Compromise that created the Senate and the House of Representative. It also included the Three Fifths Compromise that said only ⅗ of the slave population would be included when counting population, slaves still had no rights. The government was structured into three branches. The Legislative who created laws, the Executive which was the president, and the Judicial, federal courts. The Anti-Federalists said they would only agree to support the constitution only if the Bill of Rights was included.When everything was finally settled it was time to choose a president. George Washington was unanimously elected and served from

After the Revolutionary war, the thirteen American Colonies needed a government to replace the British System. The founding Fathers’ first attempt for governance was founded around the Articles of Confederation. In the Article of Confederation it called for a confederacy, which placed sovereign power in the hands of the states. The American government began to be based on powerful state government, and the article of confederation became ineffective at governing American states. The main cause of the ineffective was the lack of a strong central government. This led to economic disorganization, lack of central leadership, and legislative inefficiency. The Articles of Confederation were America 's first failure at government (Brackemyre, 2015).

A few hundred years ago, the United States first Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was created. This Constitution created a weak central government in order to give the people the rights that they deserve. This plan of government, however, proved to be too weak and it could not control the people or pay the debts that the country had acquired from the Revolutionary War.

Following the American Revolution, the necessity of the formation of a new central government was evident. The nation was split over exactly how much power could be appointed to the federal government without it becoming tyrannical. Finally, at the Constitutional Congress, the Articles of Confederation were created to bind the nation under a relatively weak federal government. However, these articles led to United States to a bumpy start as they did not allow for effective government from 1781 to 1789. The weakness of the Articles can be seen in the conflict over territorial claims, economic struggles, and general lack of control that the federal government help in the period of which the United States was governed under them.

On July 4, 1776 the American colonies finally broke free from British tyranny; Five years later on March 1, 1781 the first ever constitution (also known as the articles of confederation) of the new nation was ratified by the continental congress (The articles of confederation was adopted on November 15, 1777 but the ratification of the Articles by all thirteen states was by march 1, 1781) which helped shape the government. Many people were afraid of another monarch rising to power to guarantee their freedom they created a government in which states were independent obtaining most of the power while the central government was smaller with no national Executive powers (no president or judiciary), this was openly stated in Article II of the articles

When the government first achieved independence from England there were thirteen individual governments. They had an agreement called the Articles of Confederation that specified how each would interact with the others and manage the states. Despite the ratification by every state the agreement soon became problematic. What ensued was the meeting of state delegates, known as the Constitutional Convention, who planned to revise the problems. As a result the U.S. Constitution was fashioned to take its place. The idea was to ultimately federalize the States. That means each State remains an individual government but also agrees to be part of a Union. Thus created a federal government that would handle those things that are best controlled by a central government, which acts on behalf of the many States. An example would be the Navy and Army. The Federal Government has the right to raise and maintain a full time standing military. The Federal government is not limited to just the enumerated powers granted to Congress. It was also arranged that the national government would have powers not specifically stated in the Constitution, called implied powers. Although popular

After the Revolutionary War, the newly formed United States still had a major task ahead of them. They had to form a new government that would satisfy the demands of the people and ensure the success of their nation. The Articles of Confederation was the first system of government that was proposed and put into effect. This attempt at creating a system that protected the people form a strong central government ultimately failed but was an important step in the development of the current government system. The weaknesses presented by the Articles of Confederation helped lead to reforms that made the Constitution successful. Both the Articles and the Constitution demonstrate the struggles that the colonists went through with the British and

This fresh, new foundation came in the form a document that outlined the way the government would work. Unlike the way Europe was governed before the Enlightenment period, Americans, since they had recently liberated themselves from the British throne, wanted to establish a government in such a way that would prevent tyrannical monarchy. By this time, they still were faced with the challenge of a republican self government. But again, we see the influence of Locke’s ideas from his Treatise, where he proposed that people had the right to establish their own government for their own protection of their natural rights. As a result of this idea, the preamble to the Constitution was created. This section provided analysis as to what the whole Constitution was about; improvement on the current government (to ensure that they are just) and protection for its citizens.