Explain What Problems Did The United States Face Under The Articles Of Confederation
THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE UNITED STATES
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
AND HOW THE CONSTITUTION ADDRESSED THEM
By
Alex Davis
Advanced U.S. History/ IB History of the Americas
Mr. Carlisle
December 19, 2008
What problems did the United States face under the Articles of Confederation and to what extent did the Constitution address them?
Part A: Plan of Investigation
This investigation assesses the problems the United States faced under the Articles of Confederation and the extent to which the Constitution addressed them. To achieve this, the investigation analyzes five defects of the Articles: (1) Lack of a proper legislative authority to regulate commerce between states and with foreign nations; (2) The State Quota …show more content…
Any power the legislative authorities of the central government possessed under the Articles was undone by the absence of executive authority to enforce the meager amount of verdicts that against all odds were passed. Perhaps the weakness of the Articles is to be blamed on opposing individual state interests; however, it was still the Articles that were to blame for the division of the Union nevertheless. Though some historians believe that with minor alterations the Articles of Confederation could have survived for many more years,[15] its fundamental flaw – its lack of a 3 house Congress – was destined to be efficacious in the eventually switch to the Constitution. What the Constitution really achieved for the country was a foundation of authority. It states in black and white the powers of the Congress and the rights given to enforce those powers, whereas the Articles only gave Congress an arbitrary right to rule that could easily be ignored because of its noncommittal language and potential to be
UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
AND HOW THE CONSTITUTION ADDRESSED THEM
By
Alex Davis
Advanced U.S. History/ IB History of the Americas
Mr. Carlisle
December 19, 2008
What problems did the United States face under the Articles of Confederation and to what extent did the Constitution address them?
Part A: Plan of Investigation
This investigation assesses the problems the United States faced under the Articles of Confederation and the extent to which the Constitution addressed them. To achieve this, the investigation analyzes five defects of the Articles: (1) Lack of a proper legislative authority to regulate commerce between states and with foreign nations; (2) The State Quota …show more content…
Any power the legislative authorities of the central government possessed under the Articles was undone by the absence of executive authority to enforce the meager amount of verdicts that against all odds were passed. Perhaps the weakness of the Articles is to be blamed on opposing individual state interests; however, it was still the Articles that were to blame for the division of the Union nevertheless. Though some historians believe that with minor alterations the Articles of Confederation could have survived for many more years,[15] its fundamental flaw – its lack of a 3 house Congress – was destined to be efficacious in the eventually switch to the Constitution. What the Constitution really achieved for the country was a foundation of authority. It states in black and white the powers of the Congress and the rights given to enforce those powers, whereas the Articles only gave Congress an arbitrary right to rule that could easily be ignored because of its noncommittal language and potential to be