Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution

America's revolution against the British was fought for freedom from high taxation. Many Americans did not approve of the monarchial government of Britain. When the American Revolution ended, America formed a new type of government based on the ideas of republicanism. This idea revolved around the concept that ultimate political authority should be vested in the citizens of the nation. Republicanism was a very radical idea because no government in the past had ever tried …

…it established unity and allowed for the formation of an army that could fight incidents like the Shay's rebellion and Whiskey rebellion pictured in Document G. Under the new Constitution, amendments were more likely to pass because they simply required three-fourths of a state's unlike the Articles which required confirmation by every state legislature. The constitution united all the states, strengthened the powers of the government, and provided for subsequent development of a new government.