Article One of the United States Constitution

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    founders of the United States intended for all citizens to experience a just government through the Constitution. The Constitution established a balanced state and federal government, taxes that created federal revenue and three branches of government. The Founding Fathers achieved a just government with the balance of the state and federal government. The state government is a more direct representation of the citizens. Though, a strong federal government was needed to control the states as a whole

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    The U.S. Constitution and Articles of Confederation If society didn’t have standards that were enforced to help prevent harm to society by its members, how different would it be? These standards are broken into two different types, verbal and written. Although, one can distinguish between the two standards, verbal standards are those that are not written down, but yet passed down among many generations and are not easily enforce, whereas written standards, are the complete opposite. There were two

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    first 10 amendments of the Constitution. These amendments are not just added, they must go through a process. In order to understand the process, there needs to be a clear understanding as to what exactly is a constitution

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    After gaining independence the United States struggled to establish a stable government and a constitution. The United States relied on the Article of Confederation to constitute issues that the states faced. Even with, what was then considered a “constitution”, in place the United States still faced problems with their government bodies. The Article of Confederation failed to solve issues but did manage to cause major confusion and disagreements with the Congress. The founding fathers goal

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    “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental

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    parties the early formation of the United States was full of turmoil and learning. The steps we have had to take may have caused many problems in the beginning and the loss of life. In the beginning of the United States we used the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of confederation were in no way a perfect answer to America in the beginning, but it was the starting point for the Constitution. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving

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    Behind the United States Constitution Introduction The creation of the Constitution is an important and major piece of American history. Before the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation were devised to ensure the natural rights of Americans were protected. Several issues surrounded the original Articles of Confederation. The question of how to strengthen the articles seemed to be quite a struggle, until the creation of the Constitution. Not only did the Constitution create stronger guidelines

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    The United States Constitution was a basic plan for the colonies newly created government. It was designed to replace the Articles of confederation. This document was written over the course of 6 weeks. The preamble explains briefly why the colonies separated from Great Britain and why the colonist made the government a republic. The seven articles lay out the various duties of the government and split the government into three branches: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial

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    the Articles of Confederation failed in both economical and legislative areas. Many states felt that the Articles of Confederation failed to give enough power to the Congress and the national government, which made it not much different from the tyrannical ruling system. In the newly came out United States Constitution, the Constitutional Convention put lots of efforts to resolve most of the problems that raised from the Articles of Confederation. In the Articles of Confederation, each state only

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    The Articles of Confederation were introduced in 1777 in hopes to establish the functions of the national government of the newly independent United States. However, the Articles proved to be weak in governing such a vast country, so in 1789, the Constitution of United States was drawn up, and it hasn’t changed much over the past 200 years. The Articles were the first American “constitution” that established a confederation, creating a very decentralized system where most of the power went to the

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