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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, was formally adopted. The American Revolution had already been going on with the battles of Lexington and Concord over a year prior, but the first government of the United States is the Articles of Confederation, a constitution based on Republican ideas and democracy. The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation in 1777. It was adopted, written by John Dickinson, but there was a delay in ratifying it by the states. States like Virginia and Massachusetts had claimed a bunch of land stretching from the East Coast all the way to the Pacific Ocean as part of their colonial charters. States like Maryland and Pennsylvania, who did not have these land claims, did not want to ratify this new national government until the land is relinquished. It was not until in 1781 when the states officially ratified the Articles of Confederation. From 1781 to 1789, the Articles of Confederation failed and had created problems in political, economic, and foreign policies, making this new national government an ineffective government.

Following the United States’ independence from Great Britain, delegates from each collective state set out to establish a body to govern the newly formed nation. From this came the Articles of Confederation, which was officially ratified in 1781. The Articles of Confederation proved to be a landmark in government for those days because it was a model of what a loose confederation could be. However, this soon failed because the official

It was a long road until the constitution was made in 1900. This involved delegates having to travel to London in order to to receive a referendum from the British Parliament.

The Article of Confederation was ratified in 1781. This Article was part of the formation of a national government in the United States. But, by 1787, a reform convention was held to address the Article’s weaknesses. This event also brought about tension in the country between two groups, the Federalists and Antifederalists. Federalists were a group of people that advocated for a system of government, while Antifederalists opposed the creation of a stronger America. The Article of Confederation  was designed as a loose confederation of 13 states, and reflected principles of the Declaration of Independence. But, difficulties began to arise with the new Constitution when economic weakness and farmers revolt proved the Article was a poor form of government, along with opposing views from Federalists and Antifederalists, verifying that an inadequate document had been created.

During the American Revolution, the founding fathers wrote the Articles Confederation, a written set of laws that intended to provide a framework for government. The Articles of Confederation failed to create an effective form of government and could not promote stability for the nation. In 1787, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. The result was an entirely new document, the United States Constitution. The United States Constitution addressed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, promote unity through compromise, and established a framework for government that effectively promotes the ideals of American Government.

In 1782 Americans won their independence from Britain in the American Revolution. After the colonies won their independence, Americans created the Constitution. Its purpose was to replace the Articles of Confederation and solve its problems and more importantly to bring the states together under a single document creating a stronger union of all the states. There was one problem though: there were a few fundamental issues that the framers could not agree on. In the early nineteenth century the United States began to split, but as the mid-century came around, people became more polarized in their views and the union started to separate drastically. During the period of 1850, until 1861 when the Confederate States of America was formed, the

Several states did not accept the Constitution, but in July 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth, and last necessary, vote to ratify the document. Other states followed, but the die had been cast. The U.S. framework of government had been born, with its famous preamble; the Constitution established a new form of government, one that became the greatest nation in the world.

The Articles of Confederation was created in November of 1777 and ratified in March of 1781. The Articles of Confederations purpose was to determine how the National Government would play in the newly independent United States of America. Due to the Article being formed before the Revolutionary War ended, the colonist only had one main goal with their idea of a new government, anything opposite of the Monarchy. However, this led to four major issues that would later lead to the failure of the U.S. government. The four main issues included Congress inability to raise taxes, the requirement of unison to amend the articles, Congress was unable to increase taxes, the states’ governments had no checks and balances, and the national government had little power towards foreign powers. Consequently, Shay’s rebellion in 1786-1787 brought attention to the underlying problems with the Articles of Confederation. In order to resolve these issue, the U.S. Constitution was formed in 1789.

That is when the continental congress came up with the Articles of Confederation which was created on November 15, 1777, and ratified on March 1, 1781. The main purpose of the articles was to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states. This document is still important to the American history since it was the first constitution of the United States. However, many Americans didn't like this new government since it was too weak. Months after debates, wars and decisions the Congress finally agreed to change it.

The Article of Confederation, created in 1781, was the original document that sets the structure of the United States. Over several years, the document had proven to not be an effective way to govern the country. Civil unrest and economic problems led the founding fathers to come together in Philadelphia in May of 1787. They debated for four months on the terms of the new document. It took another 10 months for the document to be ratified.

The Great Law of peace is the oral constitution whereby the Haudenosaunee confederation was bound together. The haudenosaunee confederation influence can be seen in the similarities of ideas found within the Constitution of the United States. The Great law representatives are the chiefs, Clan mothers, faithkeepers, and Pine tree Chiefs. The founding fathers were influenced by the Great Law, it questions the basic tenets of Federal-Indian law and policy. In acknowledging that the Haudenosaunee had a complex centralized government, the Great Law of Peace, that was emulated by the founding fathers and existed before the first Europeans arrived, makes the U.S. judicial framework concerning Indians and federal-Indian policy.

After winning independence from Great Britain in 1776, the United States was in need of an organized national government, clearly defined in written form. The first Continental Congress drafted the Articles of confederation the following year, though it would not be ratified until 1781. The Articles provided the framework for a centralized government but ultimately were not strong enough to enforce its own requirements. A new constitution was needed. Congressional leaders began the process of drafting another document that would strengthen the weak federal government while continuing to ensure individual liberties. The Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1787 after much debate and compromise. (Charters of Freedom A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

In 1841 The Act Of Union united Upper and Lower Canada under the same government. The Act of Union’s main plan was to establish a single parliament with equal representation from each constituent section; consolidation of debt; a permanent civil list; banishment of the French language from official government use; and suspension of specific French Canadian institutions relating to education and civil law.The act was inspired by Lord Durham’s report. Lord Durham was sent to the colonies to examine the causes of the Rebellions of 1837 in both Upper and Lower Canada. The union was created to solve pressing financial issues in Upper Canada, which was mostly broke, thanks to the mismanagement of the amateur Family Compact. Mostly through poor investments

The Schmalkaldic League was “an alliance of Lutheran princes and cities that pledged to protect each other from any religiously motivated attack.” In the beginning, the Schmalkaldic League was made up of eight princes and eleven cities; if one member of the league were to be attacked because of their religion; all the other league members would unite and support them (The Schmalkaldic League: Reformation War). The league was formed in response to the threat in 1530 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to get rid of Lutheranism within the empire and have all return to Catholicism. It was Charles V’s refusal to acknowledge the Augsburg Confession from the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 that lead to the formation of this league. Amongst the members, the league had a substantial military of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. The Schmalkaldic League got its name from the location in which it had formed; they had formed in the small town of Schmalkalden, Germany (Schmalkaldic League). Due to other things happening during this time, Charles V did not have a lot of time to focus on the Schmalkaldic League, which led him to grant the league “free exercise of their religion until a church council or national diet could decide religious issues” (Graves). “The creation of leagues was common in the early modern Holy Roman Empire, especially during the Reformation” (The Schmalkaldic League: Reformation War). Even though the Schmalkaldic League had a large military force and was ready to

The Constitution which was set before the people of the States in the year of 1787. This required nine States to ratify it for it to go into effect. With New Hampshire being the ninth state to ratify the constitution on June 21st 1788, the nine States to ratify the Constitution seceded from a perpetual union that they had created more than 10 years before. This left the remaining four States to either join them under the new Constitution, create a new union, or stay under the Articles of Confederation. As we all know the remaining four States ratified the Constitution shortly there after. Virginia, New York, and Rhode Island declared in their ordinances of ratification that, being sovereign states, they individually reserved the right to secede, and they asserted this right for the other states. This did not have to be asserted, since everyone knew that secession was an action available to an American state. The States Seceded from the Articles of Confederation to form a more “perfect union.” This was pure and simply a secession from a perpetual union that came without violence. This secession was done without a legal means from which to withdrawal from the Articles of Confederation. Without a legal means aside from unanimous consent to withdrawal or alter the Articles, the founders showed that secession was a tool to be used to disband the bonds of