Article of Confederation is a written document that states the functions of the national government of the United States. This was after it declared independence from Great Britain.
Article IV of the Constitution discusses this. The article describes the states powers and limits. Also, states are required to acknowledge the legitimacy of the other states' governments. States are granted equal rights under this article. Article IV puts forth the concept of extradition, which means if you commit a crime in one state, that is the only state you can be tried for that crime in. Lastly, this article grants republican governments to all the states, or governments based on elected representation.
The Constitution states the establishment of the government and the rules for that government. See the link below for the complete US Constitution.
The states with small population wanted the same amount of representatives in the government. The states with larger population wanted to have more say in the government because they had more people. So they compromised and Then there were 2 houses of government.
The United States wanted a more democratic form of government with greater representation for the common people and favored a strong government. That is why our government is structured the way it is.
Yes. Without a government, the United States would not be anything more than an anarchy.
States' Rights
Alexander Hamilton was our first Secretary of the Treasury, and he was the one that set up the structure and function of that portion of our government such as the cabinet and the Mint, which are still both essential in government.
Article of Confederation is a written document that states the functions of the national government of the United States. This was after it declared independence from Great Britain.
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Article IV of the Constitution discusses this. The article describes the states powers and limits. Also, states are required to acknowledge the legitimacy of the other states' governments. States are granted equal rights under this article. Article IV puts forth the concept of extradition, which means if you commit a crime in one state, that is the only state you can be tried for that crime in. Lastly, this article grants republican governments to all the states, or governments based on elected representation.
The Constitution states the establishment of the government and the rules for that government. See the link below for the complete US Constitution.
Then the states would have more power than the national government.
I'm guessing it is because the Congress was considered the more important of the three branches of the Federal Government.
who said they need more power, for the States? And they felt that they should have more Power was the government
For the same reason the US Federal government is more powerful than the states. The provinces and states are subservient to National government.
The writers of the Constitution of the United States made the branch of government they considered the most important in the first article. Likewise the second most important is in the second article and the third most important is in the third article. In the years before the revolutionary war, many people had been convicted and killed by secret trials. They know courts were necessary but must be controlled and could not be totally in charge. Also before the Revolutionary War, local governors had been able to wreck havoc on local populations. The framers feared unbridled powers in one person. Only their local assemblies with the power of the purse had been able to provide a check on the local terror.