Compare And Contrast The Articles Of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation were the first attempt at a new American government and they assisted in organizing the government during the Revolutionary War. The Articles were created to establish a strong, healthy relationship between the 13 states. The Articles were sent to the states for ratification in 1777, but all states did not ratify it until 1781 so it did not take effect until then. The form of government that the Articles set up was a limited government because the powers of the government were limited to avoid tyranny by protecting property and individual rights. The men who wrote it wanted to avoid the creation of a central government like that of King George the III. However, because the Articles were written to give the federal authority limited powers it created an ineffective government. …show more content…
The Articles did not specify about any kind of executive leader, but the Constitution requires a government in which an executive leader would be elected by the citizens to represent them. The Articles created a unicameral legislature which means it gave all national power to the Congress and each state had one vote regardless of population. However, the Constitution established a bicameral legislature which means Congress has two houses, which includes the House of Representative and Senate. Every state has two senates and a number of representatives based on the state’s population, and the Constitution requires a vote for each Representative or Senator. In the Articles before war could be declared by the Congress nine of the thirteen states had to come to an agreement. However, the US Constitution grants the president with the responsibility of being commander in chief of the armed forces, and Congress has the power to declare war and appropriate the funds to conduct a

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Compare And Contrast The Articles Of Confederation