MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Trick question ____ there WAS an official leader under the Articles of Confederation
|
|
|
Because they didn’t want any one person to have too much power like King George III of England had over the colonies
|
|
|
Because the states couldn’t agree on who would be that leader
|
|
|
All of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -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: -By dividing power into three separate branches, the Founding Fathers hoped to prevent misuse of power. They also made a clever system of checks and balances to encourage the three branches of government to work together so that the government works for all of the people.
Detailed explanation-3: -They feared that a strong central government would create tyranny, and stamp out the peoples natural God given rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.