William Paterson proposed a plan that would have have retained much of the Articles of the Confederation.
Well, the Congress of the Confederation was a legislative branch under the Articles of Confederation. So the Constitutional Convention would've still come turned out the way it regularly turned out to be. The states would still have the same powers because the government was under the Articles of Confederation was a weak government anyways.
In U.S. history, there are two Articles of Confederation. The first was formed after the American colonists declared their independence from Britain and created their own government; the second when the southern states seceded from the North. In the second Articles, there was no event that proved they weren't working. They ceased to exist when the South lost the Civil War. The first failed mainly because there wasn't written into it a system of taxation that was equitable for the country to maintain a government, a military, and a presence on the world stage. After the War of Independence, the founders of the country decided that rather than revise the Articles of Confederation, they would rewrite a new Constitution, taking into account what they had learned after many years of war and independent governance.
To cut all ties with the British King. :) yw
Well the Virginia General Assembly started in 1619. That would make it the oldest lawmaking body in colonial America.
No, not necessarily. Heres a good answer thatll answer your question full thoughBetween 1775 and 1781 the Continental Congress led the United States. They had no agreed upon structure set up for making decisions for, or governing the states as a whole. The Articles of Confederation was America's first organized government. The thirteen states did not however become the UNITED States of America as we are know today until later. After the proclaiming independence these articles were drawn up to form a unified front. In this aspect they failed miserably, because of this I would have to disagree with Anyssa.Thirteen separate states was exactly what England and other European powers wanted them to be. As separate entities they could slowly pull them apart. For example if one takes the spread out snow on the ground and makes a snow man with it, the snowman will last much longer thatn the snow around it. Threw time and working with the different states on an individual basis the European countries would be able to gradually encroach upon the what thirteen states had fought hard to attain, their liberties.Another problem was the interaction between states. The states present the economic problem with differing currency and independent trade with differing European countries. Do to poor relations between states problems arose socially when states did not except the acts of one another. One problem arouse between slave states and non-slave states as if a slave were to cross into a slave state then technically he was a free slave, but there were men who would commit the illegal act of recapturing and enslaving them. This problem lead to hostility and in some cases rivalries between states. This goes against unity and hence goes against the Declaration of Independence as it constantly uses the word we implying unity.Having a central government and then tying its hands was the biggest error the Articles of the Confederation. Threw this the Articles of Confederation become no more powerful than a piece of paper with splash of ink on it. As was mentioned by Daiana, when Shay's Rebellion took place nothing could be done as the Articles of Confederation had no power to act quickly. The other problem is that if anyone decided to launch an attack one of the thirteen states the military support would have been pitiful, as the states had there own weak militaries. Rather than have the one strong ready to act military the states had separate militaries that were small and for the protection of there state only.There was a major crisis under the Articles of Confederation, as the thirteen states were at the mercy of Europe. The Articles of Confederation would not have lasted long at all as it was headed for certain doom. No single ratification of Articles would have fixed the problems with it. A complete rewrite of the governing system of America was required in this case.James (Jake) ShultzPeriod 1*NOT MY WORK* *I DO NOT OWN THIS WORK* I found this online though.
The primary reason, from my perspective, that the Articles were not successful was the fact that not all of the states would agree to the wording and terms that were proposed.
Well the Articles of Confederation was the original constitution so it would probably be 1777.
The Articles of Confederation contained 13 articles. The Articles of Confederation were created on November 15, 1777, and ratified on March 1, 1781. The document would eventually be replaced with the U. S. Constitution.
That would be the government as it existed under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses, most of which were addressed in the later US Constitution.
That would be the Articles of Confederation.
The Articles of Confederation would not work at all today, even with improvements in transportation and communication. The major reason for this is that the Articles of Confederation made for a very weak national government.
Before the United States Constitution, the Articles of Confederation were used to govern the United States. Their greatest weakness is that, under them, the Federal Government had no power. It could make laws and decisions, but it had no way to ensure that they were enforced.
The individual, independent colonies/states would continue as a loose confederation under the Articles of Confederation.
Weak would be the best way to describe the national government created by the Articles of Confederation. Under the Articles of Confederation, the states held most of the power.
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That the Confederation would not work and they had to form themselves into a Federal Government
There really were no successes of the Articles of Confederation. The only thing I can think of would be our ideas that transferred over to the Declaration. Mainly, the articles were a huge flop in our history. Sorry I couldn't give you what you wanted.