The United States Constitution Vs. The Articles of Confederation

The US Constitution Vs. The Articles of Confederation
Question 1:
What is the difference between the two?
The biggest difference between the Articles and the Constitution was the control that the state and the federal government had. The Articles were not strong enough to support such a young country. Each state was classified as separator independent states. But, when a law wanted to get passed you had to have 9 out of the 13 states to pass the law. When laws were passed it was hard to enforce them due to each state being there own. With the Constitution ever state was put under the federal government with representatives and senator that proposed, passed, and mad sure the law's were enforce.
Articles of Confederation:
1. Did not have a President of the United States
2. Every state was independent (sovereign)
3. ALL states had to agree to change the A. of C.
4. Treaties could NOT be made on behalf of the United States
5. Trade agreements could NOT be made on behalf of the United States
6. The A did NOT unite the states but instead allowed them to remain independent and self-governing.
7. There was no military.
8. There was no power to tax.
9. One house legislator
10.Between two and seven members per state members of congress
11. One vote per state

The US. Constitution:
1. Established a Congress, a Supreme Court, and a President
2. Could be changed much more easily than the A. of C.
3. Gave powers to the government to tax.
4. Gave powers to the government to add land.
5. Gave powers to the government to make treaties, tariffs, and trade agreements.
6. Established the military with the President in charge.
7. Established a House of Representatives and a Senate
8. Left the door open to change (or amend) the Constitution in the future which we have 27 times.
9. Two house legislator
10.Two Senators per state, Representatives apportioned according to population of each state
11.One vote per Representative or Senator

Question 2:
How are the similar?
There are not many way's they are similar. They are both defining an individuals rights so that whomever comes into power can't abuse the people of the United States of America.

Question 3:
Why did one fail while the other succeeded?

The main reason that the Articles of Confederation failed was due to the fact they focused on that states as individual instead of them as one. The United States being as young as it was when they were formed they needed to be together as a whole. So that they could support each other’s laws and in case of a war.

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

The Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westbrook, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Simple seed-removing devices have been around for centuries; however, Eli Whitney's invention automated the seed separation process. His machine could generate up to fifty pounds of cleaned cotton daily, making cotton production profitable for the southern states. Therefore, slavery numbers exploded to outrageous numbers in just a few years. Without the cotton gin the south wouldn't have had nearly the amount of slaves that it had by the Civil War. Some say that the invention of the cotton gin caused the Civil War. Because the invention of the cotton gin caused tensions to grow between the North and the South. The industrial cotton manufacturing companies were in the North, the South would send their cotton to the North. Then Congress passed high tariffs to help American manufacturing. The tariffs were good for the Northern industry but consumers, including Southerners, had to pay more for the cloth.. After the cotton gin was invented, the demand for cotton grew because it could be de-seeded faster. Well...who picked the cotton? Slaves. More cotton meant more slaves were needed and the northern states did not like that fact.