Question

The creation of our national government was a complicated process based on learning from failure and compromise. Describe the process that led to the creation of America’s Constitution. Make sure to include the failures of the Articles of Confederation, compromises in the creation of the Constitution, and the adoption of the Bill of Rights

Answer 1

America's Constitution was originally based off several other documents such as the Magna Carta and the Articles of Confederation. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the United States needed a document the would have the country work together as one body more than as 13 individual bodies. The Articles of Confederation did not allow the National Government to tax anybody, therefore making their only income from selling western land, borrowing from the states, or borrowing from other countries. They could not draft soldiers for war or regulate trade. This caused many issues when traveling across state lines or when trying to ship goods. They also did not have a president to lead the central government.

There were 5 main compromises that made the constitution work including the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Commerce Compromise, the Slave Trade Compromise, and finally the election of a President.

The Bill of Rights was adopted to insure all men equal freedoms and individual liberties in the eyes of the law and the Government.