How the colonies have controled themselves.
The Federalists papers were designed to inform the US citizens of how the government was set up. The paper attempted to demonstrate the ways that the Articles of Confederation were ill conceived.
The smaller states wanted equal representation in Congress with the larger states.
They were written to explain the Constitution to the representatives who would be voting on it. It is the best source in understanding what the Constitution means.
The main reason was that the articles of confederation allowed for too weak a government to provide for common defense, this original constitution drifted to far towards Anarchy. If you do not understand the American political system the way it was let me explain. on the extreme left side is Tyranny which has great control over the people and is unfair, monarchies, oligarchies and to a lesser extent democracies fall under the category of Tyrannical government systems. On the extreme right side of the of the political bar is Anarchy which has no law and the people have no protection or laws save themselves. In the center of the bar is a republic which has the correct balance of government and freedom and is controlled by the people. With the articles of confederation being too far to the right side the government would destabilize and probably be turned into an oligarchy or other tyrannical government. So the founders developed a new constitution that was a Republic and in the center of the political spectrum and could remain strong without infringing peoples natural rights.
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to explain the part of the constitution to the people in order to get it ratified
The constitution was a document that was written to replace the articles of confederation but at the same time they had to add three branches to check on each others power so there could be no tyranny.
How the colonies have controled themselves.
The Federalists papers were designed to inform the US citizens of how the government was set up. The paper attempted to demonstrate the ways that the Articles of Confederation were ill conceived.
The Articles of the Constitution explain how the government works. They describe the rules for electing our government officials including the President and Senators.
Because of weakness the confederation had and the part of world war 2
The Articles in the Constitution explain the different branches of government and explains their powers. They lay a basic framework for the government.
The Articles of the Constitution explain how the government works. They describe the rules for electing our government officials including the President and Senators.
The smaller states wanted equal representation in Congress with the larger states.
The reasons for writing the constitution were: 1. There were problems with the Articles of Confederation (AofC) which served as the constitution before this one. This is the main reason. 2. Another reason is that we needed another form of government and the constitution gave us two branches that was the judicial branch and the executive branch 3. To further explain the laws of the AofC which were sometimes unclear. 4. To create a constitution which could be changed and serve as a living document for a better government. 5. To show to the world that the U.S. was a free nation that with a strong government and would become a great political power. 6. The colonists felt that a new constitution was needed after the nation was completely independent.