Discuss the factors that led to the adoption of the
Constitution. What were the main problems in the Articles of Confederation that
led Hamilton to call for its "revision?" What was for most people the
most important change in the Constitution?
Adoption of the
Constitution
The adoption of the constitution in United States
followed the declaration that the share of power would be equaled among all
stated that had been created during the evolutional war. Most states in the
United Sates feared that the excessive power given to the central government
would exploit the people of the states. The article allowed the States to
remain with their sovereignty and freedom even after formation of the central
government. The constitution was to allow the States to have much power they
had. The states were to be represented in the committee of delegates that was
to be formed.
It was to equalize all the States in that they would be
governed in one law. The delegates would work as representatives in the courts.
Through the provisions of the article, the delegate was; limited to tax
collection, enforcement of law and regulation of the interstate affairs. The main
roles that the delegate would perform in accordance with the article included;
conducting the foreign affairs, maintaining the navy and the army and
enhancement of peace and war declaration. Adoption of the constitution was
predominantly rendered by the short-coming s that the article had which mainly
denied the central government excessive powers over the states.
The article of confederation had a number of weaknesses.
Firstly, every state had an equal number of votes in the congress regardless of
their geographical areas. The congress was limited to the power of taxation and
hence could not have sufficient capital to finance its operations. The congress
was denied the power to have control over the interstate commerce which was
important in their operations and administration over the states. There were no
another executive branches that could help in enforcement of the law that the
congress made. There was no a national court system that would assist the
congress in dealing with any cases of violations against the law that governed
the states. Any amendment that would be done on the article required anonymous
votes from the congress representatives. The states argued amongst themselves
and also refused to support the national government whereby some of the states
began to make agreements with the foreign governments.
To make the article of confederation suitable for the
people of all the states, various changes were made. First, it led to the
formation of the federal government which had a national government that had
more powers. The changes in the article gave the national government the right
to tax, regulate commerce between the states and move the troops from one point
to the other. There was the creation of court systems that governed the states.
These courts lacked in the article of confederation as the delegates were in
charge of presenting the people. He courts formed would help in the enforcement
of the law in all the states equally.
Creation of the three branches of government through the changes done in
the confederation article led to effective division of powers between the
federal government and the state governments in the United States. The changes
in the article were the basis of formation for the federal governments that
were in charge of formulating the laws that would govern all the states. It was
referred to as the convention that rendered to formation of the constitution.
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