Pre Constitution Relevance

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a. Pre Constitution relevance is important to public administration as we know it today because it was our framework for authority. Dating back to the American Revolution when states began to establish their own constitutions each governing in different ways leading to the Articles of Confederation. At this point there is a weak national government made of one branch of Congress. Congress in the late 1770s had the authority to decide on peace and war, settle disputes between states, and maintain post offices. They did not have authority to tax, draft soldiers, force state compliance with their directives, and regulate interstate and foreign commerce which lead to problems both economic and political. Recessions and depressions, aiding debtors,