The Articles required unanimous approval from the states. That means all 13 of the original states/colonies.
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They needed a constitution to become a state.
A constitution is a framework for government and the new nation, to survive, needed a better framework since the "confederation" didn't work. This meant they had to create a document that was able to create the government needed. So, the constitution was written from May to Sept. 1787 to form the government.
The Federalist Papers argued that the new Constitution would create a strong national government, which was needed, but it would also protect the minorities and factions. The new government would also, in the development of federalism, protect the citizen from a too powerful national government. The papers also tried to explain how each branch of the national government would function.
The leaders wanted to create a strong central government. The way that the Whiskey Rebellion was handled showed an ability to suppress violent resistance to the law, thus contributing to the ratification of the constitution.
2/3rds of votes were needed
It needed to write a Constitution.
9 states
They needed a constitution to become a state.
9 states are needed to ratify the constitution
They believed that the constitution needed a Bill of Rights to restrain the federal government.
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.
A constitution is a framework for government and the new nation, to survive, needed a better framework since the "confederation" didn't work. This meant they had to create a document that was able to create the government needed. So, the constitution was written from May to Sept. 1787 to form the government.
This meant that a government needed to have a "compelling interest".
9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the constitution
It needed to be ratified by 9 of 13 states.
They got the U.S. Constitution approved by the government.
We needed the constitution cause it had an agreement on which our government was built and the only thing that keeps it under control.