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The Articles of Confederation orformally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first Constitution. And has beensuperseded by the current one
The 13 states of the United States
The states
In comparing the Article of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution I think that there are more differences than similarities. I believe that some of the similarities to be:The name of the United States of America which is expressly used in the Articles but only referred to in the Preamble of the Constitution.It was agreed that our country needed a Congress but there was some changes in exactly congress would be set up. The Articles set it up as unicameral (or one group), but changed it to bicameral (two groups) in the constitution.The number of the members of Congress which asked for somewhere between two and seven members per state, but settled on two senators per state in the Constitution. (The constitution also included the House of Representatives with was decided by the population of the state).Voting in Congress in which the articles asked for one vote per state while the constitution decided on one vote per Representative or Senator.Adding an Amendment was written into the Articles when it was agreed upon by all states, the constitution left it as agreed upon by the states but changed it slightly to include agreement by only three fourths of the states.The Ratification of an Amendment had to be unanimous in the Articles, but while the constitution left the power with the states, they changed it to only nine of the states required for the consent of ratification.Congress is allowed to build a Navy in both the Articles and the Constitution, but the constitution added that individual states may not keep ships of war.Congress is allowed to raise an ArmyThe power to coin money is allowed by the government and the states in the Articles, however the constitution disallowed the states to coin money and left it just as the U.S. government.
Today, there are 50 states. 3/4 of 50 is 37.5, so we would need 38 states to approve an Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Articles of Confederation orformally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first Constitution. And has beensuperseded by the current one
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The Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent of the states for an amendment. Two attempts were made to amend the Articles of Confederation, each one failing by one vote.
The 13 states of the United States
The Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent of the 13 states to amend it. Two attempts were made to do so, each one failing by one vote.
the states
The states
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution and to have new central government. States did not give up much of their power. They only had 1 vote in Congress. However, there was only one branch of the central government and that was Congress. The states still conducted the state government for their state.
New Hampshire's Vote made the constitution legal because it was the ninth state to vote yes, because of the nine states voting yes it made it unanimous .
In comparing the Article of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution I think that there are more differences than similarities. I believe that some of the similarities to be:The name of the United States of America which is expressly used in the Articles but only referred to in the Preamble of the Constitution.It was agreed that our country needed a Congress but there was some changes in exactly congress would be set up. The Articles set it up as unicameral (or one group), but changed it to bicameral (two groups) in the constitution.The number of the members of Congress which asked for somewhere between two and seven members per state, but settled on two senators per state in the Constitution. (The constitution also included the House of Representatives with was decided by the population of the state).Voting in Congress in which the articles asked for one vote per state while the constitution decided on one vote per Representative or Senator.Adding an Amendment was written into the Articles when it was agreed upon by all states, the constitution left it as agreed upon by the states but changed it slightly to include agreement by only three fourths of the states.The Ratification of an Amendment had to be unanimous in the Articles, but while the constitution left the power with the states, they changed it to only nine of the states required for the consent of ratification.Congress is allowed to build a Navy in both the Articles and the Constitution, but the constitution added that individual states may not keep ships of war.Congress is allowed to raise an ArmyThe power to coin money is allowed by the government and the states in the Articles, however the constitution disallowed the states to coin money and left it just as the U.S. government.
Today, there are 50 states. 3/4 of 50 is 37.5, so we would need 38 states to approve an Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Under the Articles of Confederation, all representation was based on one vote per state. Each state was represented on an equal basis, regardless of size. Legislation under the Articles required a two-thirds vote majority. However, to amend the Articles an affirmative vote from all of the states was required.