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Take Home Essay Questions Assessment: For the following two essays provide a well-argued response using evidence to back your position. Double-spaced, one inch margins, and 12 point Arial or Times Roman font. Each essay should be from 2 2 to 4 pages in length. Essays due in class Thursday, 11/16 1. How did the founders address issues like religious freedom and economic freedom in the post- Revolutionary era? Did the spirit of revolution change these notions or not (explain)? How did politics influence religion during this era? Briefly discuss the changes that marginalized groups experienced after the Revolution and whether these changes were positive or negative? 2. The Articles of Confederation were considered obsolete by the political leadership of the United States. What drew them to this conclusion, and how did they address this concern? In your opinion, was their response appropriate especially in regards to the notions of federalism and a system of checks and balances? Were those who opposed the new Constitution extreme radicals or was their opposition valid? Finally, discuss the fears that both Hamilton and Madison had regarding the new Republic and the idea of democracy and were these fears justified?
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History Essay - Question 2
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History Essay - Question 2

After the American War of Independence, The Articles of Confederation was an
agreement between the states that fought together against the colonial rule forming the original
United States of America. The Articles served as the first Constitution of the Union. The Article
however only lasted for eight years; from 1781 to 1789 when the US Constitution replaced them.
With the Articles, each state still retained its sovereignty, freedom, and independence. The
Articles were not providing the Congress and the National Government with power enough to
rule effectively. The Federal government could not tax the people and pay its debts. It also had
no power to control the states from printing more money. Printing more money ended up causing
inflation weakening the economy of the Union. With every state being separate, the Union
lacked a strong army. The Central Government had no power to recruit people into the defense
forces. The troops were also poorly equipped due to lack of enough funds since the federal
government had no power to collect taxes. The Union, therefore, continued to suffer attacks from
stronger countries like Britain and Spain that found it difficulties to let go of the western lands
and still interfered with the Americans' trade. The Articles also provided for no federal courts for
the states to resolve their disputes. The Articles of Confederation failed the Union, and that's why
political leaders of the United States considered them obsolete.
The Leaders then came up with the Constitution to replace the Articles of
Confederation. The Union needed a stronger Federal Government than the one the Articles was
providing and therefore replaces it with The Constitution which was capable of doing so. The
Constitution provided for a presidential office with more power to run the country than the
Congress that was running the country under the Articles, which has no much power. Unlike the
Articles, The Constitution provided more national laws, a common national currency, and a

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strong national defense force. The Constitution had more power to keep the states together and to
protect them from external and internal dangers.
Two of the most important aspects of the US Constitution was Federalism and
Separation of Power. The creation of the two sovereign governments; The State and the National
Government, limit either of them from being too powerful. Separation of government power also
prevents it from being too powe...


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