Common defense of the members, & the preservation of the breanna public peace as well as against internal convulsions as external attacks. Smith
The main purpose of Congress under the Articles of Confederation was to make decisions about foreign affairs and national defense. This changed drastically after the introduction of the Constitution.
The state of the country under the Articles of Confederation
It explains the purpose of why they wrote the U.S. Constitution. At that time they were under the Articles of Confederation and the union was failing and at what was at first an attempt to fix the Articles the U.S. Constitution was born.
The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment in the United States Constitution was to grant citizenship and equal protection under the law to all individuals born or naturalized in the country, including former slaves. It aimed to ensure civil rights and prevent discrimination based on race.
It is an approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation under which common law courts interpret an enactment (that is, a statute, a part of a statute, or a clause of a constitution) in light of the purpose for which it was enacted.
Under the AoC there was no National Government and under the Constitution there was
none of these powers were included under the constitution.
Mainly, to draft a constitution to replace the weak Articles of Confederation. It was a meeting including all of the states in the union, where delegates conversed and decided on issues that would be included or excluded in the Constitution. Written hundreds of years ago by some crazy old white settlers, and you're still under the control of it! That's the true purpose..
The best description of the government created under the constitution is that it was a federal republic.
try cases arising under the constitution,federal laws,and treaties
What delayed the inauguration of the new government under the U.S. Constitution?
The Wyandotte constitution became the Kansas State Constitution