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An 8 page research paper that examines the background to the formulation of the United States Constitution and the some of the debates that contributed to its content. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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demonstrates the various influences that played a role in shaping the new country and its founding document, the United States Constitution. Having won the American Revolution, the new nation was
confronted with the challenges of, first of all, paying the debts that had been accumulated during the conflict, but also, the challenge of creating consensus between the states on how
to create a central government and what the nature of this government might be. The first attempt at confronting this challenges was to establish the US as a loosely-knit confederation
of virtually independent states. The Articles of Confederation The American Revolution started, "officially," on April 19, 1775, with the cause of independence from Great Britain taking over six long years
to be achieved (Walton and Rockoff, 2010, p. 110). It is rather remarkable that independence was achieved since the Revolution was never supported by the majority of colonials, as fully
one-third of the populace remained loyal to England, while another third did little, if anything, to help the cause (Walton and Rockoff, 2010). By 1780, the thirteen states of
the nascent US were united by the Articles of Confederation, which was written as an "early political agreement" that facilitated waging the war (Walton and Rockoff, 2010, p. 111). Under
the Articles, the US was not a nation, but as the state were referred to vaguely as being united by "a firm league of friendship" (Conlin, 2009, p. 161). The
various states retained their sovereignty, and within Congress, under the Articles, had equal representation despite difference in population size and these representative voted as a delegation, rather than individuals (Conlin,
2009). There was no executive branch, as Congress alone constituted the government and representative could serve in Congress only three years out of every six (Conlin, 2009). Therefore, there were
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