Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government could:
1) Declare war on another country.
2) Raise an army.
3) Develop treaties with other countries.
4) Can allow new states to join the US with a 9/13 vote.
Besides the aforementioned responsibilities, the central government was very limited in what actions they can take. State governments could actually ignore the laws made by the central government if they felt they were unjust. This is one of the main reasons why the Articles of Confederation only lasts for about a decade in America.
Prior to the Revolutionary War, the US experienced a colonial form of government, which differs from a Republic in several significant ways:
- A colony is ruled by a foreign power. In the case of the US, this power was England. A republic, on the other hand, is autonomous, and it forms its own government.
- A colony is usually ruled by a monarch (it is not a necessary requirement, but it has been so in practice), while republics elect their leader through voting.
- Republics tend to be democratic and participatory, with no inherited power positions.
- A republic has the power to make its own laws in terms of taxation, rights and duties, education, healthcare, etc. while the colony has to follow those of the mother country.
- Republics tend to have their own constitution.
The people were at first insecure and didn't want to participate in yet another war, after all, wars are often the reason they escaped to the new world. Eventually, they joined, just like everyone else, and the war began and we all know what happened afterwards, the united states was okay in the end because they won!
The civil war still affects us today because if the north lose there would still be slavery. Let's say if the south won. The kkk would fight against the south because they would try to end slavery because this is a alternate universe. Also the British would be the head.
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