Imagine that you just broke away from your parents’ control, and are now free to live on your own with some roommates. What are the ground rules to be laid for your new place? This situation is similar to old U.S and the their rules for the U.S Constitution. In this essay you will be reading about why the U.S Constitution was written. Along with what the U.S Constitution is made up of, and who created it.
After the Revolutionary War in 1783, the 13 colonies first formed a very weak central government under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was not strong enough to handle business matters with other governments and the Indians1. So the plan was to form a strong national government under a new constitution. Alexander Hamilton had suggested that a national convention was to happen in Philadelphia in 1786 to revise the Articles of confederation. Instead of revising the Articles of confederation the delegates came to an agreement, rather than revising they......
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