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1000
The Articles of Confederation were intentionally weak in order to protect state & individual liberties
But, the inability of the national gov’t to tax & unify the states led to problems like Shays’ Rebellion -
1000
The national government under the Constitution would have new features & powers that the Articles of Confederation did not have
Rather than a single unicameral Congress, the new national government would be divided among three equal branches of government -
1000
Many of these compromises dealt with how representatives would be chosen from the states to serve in Congress
The delegates at the convention had to negotiate a series of compromises in order to agree on a framework for government -
Constitutional convention
In May 1787, 55 delegates held a
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to
discuss ways to strengthen the national gov’t