There were two sides to the Great Debate: the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. This was not easy.Īnd the push for ratification brought on a seemingly endless barrage of documents,Īrticles, and pamphlets both supporting and opposing it. Needed the ratification from nine states before it could go into effect. Under the Articles, when the Founding Fathers signed the Constitution in 1787, it These weaknesses introduced a great deal of interstate conflict, something that delegates, through the drafting of the Constitution, tried their best to solve. Laws required a 9/13 majority to pass in Congress.Amendments to the Articles of Confederation required a unanimous vote.There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress.Congress didn't have the power to tax, or to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size.The Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were: Fifty-five Delegates met at the ConstitutionalĬonvention of 1787 to determine how best to adjust the existing document.
But one thing wasĬertain, something had to be changed. The transition from the Articles of Confederation to the United States Constitution wasn't a seamless one, and fixing the problems of the Articles of Confederation required a series of lengthy debates both during and after the convention. Signing of the United States Constitution by Junius Brutus Stearns, oil on canvas 1856 True Copy of Declaration of Independence.
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