Article One of the United States Constitution

Is the constitution still appropriate for America in the 21st Century? Written in seventeen- eighty-nine, being two hundred and twenty-five years old, Today, many of us question whether or not the United States Constitution is still relevant. When our founding fathers wrote the Constitution, it was written according to their needs in the eighteenth century. According to the Bill of Rights, everyone has the right to bear arms, but in the twenty-first century what exactly does it mean to have the

The articles of confederation and the united states constitution are similar and very different at the same time. As we all should know, the articles of confederation failed and in result of that was the constitution. The united states constitution has in many ways help our nation in areas that the articles failed at doing so. The articles of confederation, which was the founding fathers original idea, had a lot of good ideas but no really good way to go through with it. One of the many problems

“We the People of the United States…do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (U.S. Const., Pmbl). In 1787, the United States Constitution was ratified. It was looked over by fifty-five representatives from the thirteen colonies. It was strongly influenced by the Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence, from the failure of the Articles of Confederation, and by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. “Give me liberty or give me death." (Henry, 1816).

Introduction: During the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation were written to establish a new form a government after declaring independence from Britain. The lack of stability created under the Articles of Confederation was a result of fears that the Founding Fathers had about created too much of a strong central government. One of the powers that the government did not have was raising an army. Shay’s Rebellion, an uprising of farmers was not easily suppressed due to the inability to

The Articles of Confederation, which was considered the first constitution of the United States of America, and the US Constitution, which acts as the supreme law in the United States today, both are poles apart. In fact, it was only because of the weaknesses of the Articles that the present-day US Constitution was drafted. The Articles of Confederation or Articles was a written agreement which laid the guidelines for the functioning of the national government. It was drafted by the Continental Congress

The United States constitution was a document intended to replace the Articles of Confederation which gave the state governments an abundance of power and the national government an insufficient amount of power.The constitution is built on the idea of federalism which is the division of power between the national and state government. There is no question that the Constitution is an effective governing document considering it splits up the powers between state and federal government, as well as

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, . . . do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”(U.S. Constitution.) The very first paragraph of the United States Constitution leaves the reader feeling inspired, hopeful, and patriotic. The introduction truly is a solid introduction as it not only engages the reader with a hook, but also provides a list of the objectives they hope to accomplish through their document

Constitution Timeline! There are five particular documents that led to the development and the signing of the United States Constitution. They are the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalists Papers. This paper will be discussing these documents and be stating if and how they impacted the United States constitution. Then it will be stating when the Unites States Constitution was finalized and passed and signed. Then there

After reading the articles of Confederation and the constitution, I found the main difference between them is the change of federal government’s power. In the articles of Confederation, most power still in the state government’s hand, for example in the reading article 2 “each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence” this means the state still retain nearly all the power, it is still a pretty much an individual country, but in the Constitution judges in every state must judge based

The articles of confederation and the constitution have many things in common yet if one doesn't come to the agreement the other one can’t proceed to make a decision. There is where the conflict starts because if one of the decision is not what the other wants there is a cause of dilemma. As an example, voting in congress. In the articles of confederation there is only one vote per state vs in the constitution it is one vote per representative, or senator. The similarities between these founding