Week 2 Discussion 2: Confederation and Constitution

Confederation and ConstitutionNameInstitutional AffiliationDate
Issues Addressed in the Articles of Confederation
1 Struggle for power- The nations struggled for power amongst themselves. Article of confederation ensured that the states would retain any power not delegated to the United States government as provided in the confederation.
2 Voting and representation disputes- Each of the states had one vote in the congress and the states formed a league of friendship with each other instead of forming one national government. This played a great role in resolving land and border disputes among the states.
Debates for the Constitutional Convention in 1787
Previously, the main purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation since there were many economic problems affecting the countries under the Article of Confederation. However, the meeting turned out to be the creation of a national government. Different leaders give their suggestions on the issue of presentation to the national government. James Madison suggested the creation of a strong national government that would overturn the state laws. Under his plan, there would be the lower house and the upper house in the legislature with different powers. Others suggested the creation of proportional presentation that gave more power to the populous states such as Virginia. A compromise plan suggested by Roger Sharman resolved the issue. Under the new plan, all the states would have equal representation in the Upper house and the Senate....