How And Why Did They Create A Weak Confederal Arrangement
28 January 2013
Question 1: Declaration of Independence
Question: The Declaration of Independence was a statement of ideals and principles for the revolution and the new republic while a constitution is an outline for government. List those ideals and explain their significance. Which ones, do you believe, are most important today? Why?
There were eight ideals of the Declaration of Independence: 1. The laws of nature and nature’s god, which was the explicit appeal to natural law over the King’s positive law, 2. All men are created Equal which was human rights/equal rights for all citizens, 3. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, which gives you all or no rights to hold on too. 4. Life, Liberty, and the …show more content…
What and why did they create a weak, confederal arrangement? Contrast and explain three important differences between the Articles of Confederation and the current US Constitution. Why do you believe the change occurred? Who were the Anti-Federalists? Who were the Federalists? Pick one contribution for each group that contributed to the development of the modern American political system. The Founders’ perceptions were that America was weak and de-centralized. They created a weak, confederal government designed to protect people’s liberties by being to small to be a threat, but it was too small to handle national problems. The differences between the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution are that one, the US Constitution has a Bill of Rights, the power of the president is addressed and the separation of the branches. This changed occurred to make the government stronger and address the nation’s problems. The Anti-Federalists were a large group who didn’t like the Constitution but didn’t know what they wanted yet and they contributed to the branches. The Federalist were defenders of the constitution and they contributed to the bill of
Question 1: Declaration of Independence
Question: The Declaration of Independence was a statement of ideals and principles for the revolution and the new republic while a constitution is an outline for government. List those ideals and explain their significance. Which ones, do you believe, are most important today? Why?
There were eight ideals of the Declaration of Independence: 1. The laws of nature and nature’s god, which was the explicit appeal to natural law over the King’s positive law, 2. All men are created Equal which was human rights/equal rights for all citizens, 3. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, which gives you all or no rights to hold on too. 4. Life, Liberty, and the …show more content…
What and why did they create a weak, confederal arrangement? Contrast and explain three important differences between the Articles of Confederation and the current US Constitution. Why do you believe the change occurred? Who were the Anti-Federalists? Who were the Federalists? Pick one contribution for each group that contributed to the development of the modern American political system. The Founders’ perceptions were that America was weak and de-centralized. They created a weak, confederal government designed to protect people’s liberties by being to small to be a threat, but it was too small to handle national problems. The differences between the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution are that one, the US Constitution has a Bill of Rights, the power of the president is addressed and the separation of the branches. This changed occurred to make the government stronger and address the nation’s problems. The Anti-Federalists were a large group who didn’t like the Constitution but didn’t know what they wanted yet and they contributed to the branches. The Federalist were defenders of the constitution and they contributed to the bill of