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the Civil War that illustrate the American political tradition and its resistance to a strong central government. Discussion One example of this resistance is found in the countrys first written
constitution. This is not the Constitution we know today; it is instead a document called the "Articles of Confederation," which described a "national government of sharply limited powers, an arrangement
that reflected the concerns of people fighting to free themselves from a coercive central government" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 175). During the debate that took place over adopting the
Articles, it became clear that "delegates favoring a loose union of autonomous states outnumbered those who wanted a strong national government" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 176). Debate over the
formation of the government under these Articles went on from 1777 until 1781; the state of Maryland held up ratification for three years and until the Articles were finally ratified,
Congress was acting illegally, but it still met to pass laws and govern (Faragher et al, 2000). However, at the end of the Revolution the country needed to raise money
to pay for the war, and a bunch of states that had autonomous powers were not suited to the task. When the post-revolutionary economic crisis deepened, it also became clear
that a different form of government was needed. This was the beginning of the Constitution. The debate over this new document and the government to be based on it began
almost immediately. The Constitutional Convention met for the first time in May, 1787 with the purpose of devising the new Constitution; and two factions formed almost immediately: those who favored
a strong central government and those who opposed it (Faragher et al, 2000). The former group included most of those we consider the "framers" of the Constitution; they were mostly
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