Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

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This paper analyzes the history of the articles, created to form national unity, from their very inception, through implementation to what was to become a forerunner for the future of constitutional law. This paper also gives a brief insight into the issue of colonial refuge.

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"From the beginning of the American Revolution, Congress felt that a stronger union was needed. There had to be a government powerful enough to defeat Great Britain. The desire to give a constitutional order appropriate to the republican character of the new nation became a belief during the early years of the war. A fear of central authority inhibited the creation of such a government, and widely shared political theory held that a republic could not adequately serve a nation, as large as the United States. It would not be possible for the legislators of a large republic to remain in touch with the people they represented, and the republic would degenerate into a tyranny inevitably."

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