MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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All 13 states would need to approve a change to the Articles of Confederation.
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Founding fathers believed the Articles of Confederation did not need to be changed.
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In order to change the Articles of Confederation, the founding fathers required approval from England.
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Changing the Articles of Confederation required approval from the president.
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Detailed explanation-1: -5. The document was practically impossible to amend. The Articles required unanimous consent to any amendment, so all 13 states would need to agree on a change. Given the rivalries between the states, that rule made the Articles impossible to adapt after the war ended with Britain in 1783.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the Founders decide not to change the Articles of Confederation but to create a new form of government? The Articles had created a weak government. Which of the following elected delegates refused to attend the Constitutional Convention? three separate branches.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why Did the Founding Fathers believe the Articles needed to be replaced by the US Constitution? The nation needed to function as ONE united country & not 13 small unorganized nations. Shay’s rebellion proved the need to strengthen the government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Somewhat unfair to the Articles, perhaps, which could well have served a small secure confederation in untroubled times. Yet they were “neither fit for war nor peace, ” wrote Alexander Hamilton, as they hobbled the fragile new nation struggling to defeat a global power despite its flimsy internal cohesion.