whiskey rebellion
In the US, the Articles of Confederation provided the first framework for a national government.
The Declaration of Independence
it established the first national government of the united states. Its also like the Constitution, but it was the first "Constitution" made. It is in the Constitution. It was made during the civil war to be the first rules.
Articles of Confederation. Until 1789 when the Constitution was ratified.
Virginia plan
The Articles of Confederation were the first national documents were drawn up before the US Constitution. The US Constitution created to solve some of the problems the Articles of Confederation' failed to properly address.
The national government of the United States, established under the Constitution, was formed in 1789. The Constitution was ratified in 1788, and the first Congress met on March 4, 1789. The government was officially organized with the inauguration of George Washington as the first president on April 30, 1789.
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence
The first constitution of the United States, known as the Articles of Confederation, gave the national government limited powers. It established a weak central government with no executive branch and a Congress that had limited authority to raise revenue and regulate commerce. Most power resided in the individual states.
There wasn't a national government before the war and after it had to be formed. The first government formed was under the Articles of Confederation. They didn't work so they went back and wrote the constitution. In 1789 at national government began under George Washington as the first President.