Quarter One Exam Essays

1. The Articles of Confederation failed as "our first Constitution" because, to the people, it sounded like the founding fathers were trying to form a tyraney in America. Another reason is because it did not state the rights of the citizens of the country.
The goal of the founding fathers during the Constitutional Convention was to bring the country together. The major obstacles that were overcome were that they were able to get the states to join as one and to have one central form of government as well as eliminating the currences that each state had, so that there would be one economy.
The Bill of Rights were added so that the people of the U.S. would know what thier rights.

2. The Presidency of George Washington related to the birth of political parties by showing how a President should be.
The first significant parties were the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans. The Federalists were the people who were in favor of the constitution and their leaders were people like George Washington and John Adams. The Democratic Republicans were the people who origionally did not like the constitution but learned to live with it. The Democratic Republicans had leaders like Thomas Jefferson.

3. The Executive branch is the branch that creates laws but it can't ratify them or enforce them. It is the branch that the president is part of.
The Legislative branch passes and vetos laws but it can't make on enforce them.
The Judical branch is the branch that enforces the laws. Its limitations is that it can enforce the laws, but it can't ratify or make them.