Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation

Introduction

Article of Confederation was the name given to the first constitution of United States; this one was the first step towards what is formulated today after centuries of the initial efforts. This one was the effort by the government which was conducted as an affair by the country which was in between the last 2 years of the Revolutionary War. This one helped at the time of negotiating the Treaty of Paris in the year 1783. This has produced legislation's two monumental pieces in Land Ordinance of 1785 and also in Northwest Ordinance of the year 1787. On the other hand, the Articles of Confederation was basically a plan of the government which was based on principles fought for in Revolutionary War of the Americans. This one was also the one which contained some of the crucial flaws (Hoffert, 1992).

Thesis Statement

In this paper I am going to develop a better understanding between the Articles of Confederation and constitution, this will be done through comparisons and explanations.

Discussion

As discussed by Ginsberg Lowi Weir Spitzer, (2012) there are various factors for considering at the time of determining the characteristics and also the attributes that compromise for the ever changeable kind of definition of the American which is from some popular point of the culture vantage. An importance this is that, the definition has also changed over the period of time for encompassing an overabundance of the ethnic and also the racial groups which were not included traditionally. It is also identified that the examination of textbook are able to indicate authenticity of all of these hints as well the statements (Ginsberg Lowi Weir Spitzer, 2012).

Weakness of Articles of Confederation

Following are the some of the identified weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:

Central government is not equipped with the power for levying or collecting the taxes. They are obliged to rely on states for financial support which is done through using annual contributions. This situation is the one which make it really tough to borrow money for the central government.

The congress actually has none power for regulating the commerce and all the states are charged with tariffs and also duties on the goods which are going to come from various other states.

Another thing is that there was no availability of any provision for the chief executive for enforcing the law.

There was also no provision for the national judiciary.

There was no power for the obeying the laws by the legislative branch (Bruce & Yarbrough, n.d.)

Comparison and Contrast of Articles of Confederation and Constitution

In both of the articles, constitution is basically maintaining to serve as a free government which is far away from any sort of oppressions or pressures which are endured at the time when British crown was controlling the American colonies. It is also seen that in both of the documents the states are given the power for regulating the commerce, making laws, taxation for citizens and also for the sake of providing common defense ...