the articles of confederation.
The Articles of Confederationarticles of confederation
The Articles of Confederation.
It is part of the constitution which is still an active working plan for government.
Before the constitution, the United States government was based on the Articles of Confederation. However, these weren't successful because they gave too much power to the states and not enough to the central government. For example, the central government couldn't tax the states, they could only ask for money. The states didn't have to give them any. Also, the central government couldn't control trade between the states or the states and other countries. This meant that the states could charge ridiculous prices for goods and other countries wouldn't want to trade with the US.
The Conatitutional Convention was held in 1787. Before the Constitution, the U.S. government used the Articles of Confederation.
limited government
The Constitution
The First Government of the United StatesAmericans had significant experience with self-government before the writing of the Constitution in 1787, and this experience shaped the political views of the framers who wrote the Constitution and factored into the formation of the first government. A constitution is a set of rules that determines how power will be used legitimately in a state. Contrary to popular belief, few governments have been created by written constitutions.
The First Government of the United StatesAmericans had significant experience with self-government before the writing of the Constitution in 1787, and this experience shaped the political views of the framers who wrote the Constitution and factored into the formation of the first government. A constitution is a set of rules that determines how power will be used legitimately in a state. Contrary to popular belief, few governments have been created by written constitutions.
Strict constructionalists believe that the federal government can only do that which is authorized in the Constitution.
The Constitution