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Building a New Republic
The Articles of Confederation created a government too weak to function, so the Constitution replaced it in 1787 — a stronger federal system, but one that entrenched compromises, above all over slavery.
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the one idea
why this one carries the topic.
A tax dispute became a war about who gets to govern, and the people who won it then had to invent a country.
The Articles of Confederation proved too decentralised to govern effectively, leading to the 1787 Constitution which created a stronger federal government but preserved slavery through political compromise.
what examiners catch — Students often describe the Constitution as purely democratic progress, forgetting to mention the Three-Fifths Compromise and how federalism protected slaveholding states' interests.
what you leave with
four things, not forty.
Articles of Confederation proved too weak
Constitution of 1787 built a federal system
Bill of Rights protected individual liberties
Slavery entrenched, ideals compromised
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this conceptbuilding a new republicThe Articles of Confederation proved too decentralised to govern effectively, leading to the 1787 Constitution which created a stronger federal government but preserved slavery through political compromise.
sits under itwinning and securing independencebecause the war ends; the argument about government begins
the rest of the american revolution
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