#articles of confederation

[spookyradluka]

When alt righters use the founding fathers to justify the current government situation and call me a traitor to my country for disagreeing with the government, but I own a physical copy of the articles of confederation, the constitution, the bill of rights, and the amendments

“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.-- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,-- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

- The Articles of Confederation, Article 1 (July 4th 1776)

[ellies-chaos-corner]

History classes have ingrained the fact that "AoC" stands for "Articles of Confederation" and not "Age of Calamity", so whenever I see someone in the LoZ community talking about Age of Calamity by using AoC I'm just like "Why are they talking about the Articles of Confederation? Oh wait it's Age of Calamity."

[davidaugust]

Do you know who tried to run the entire government of a country off of tariffs? We did, under the Articles of Confederation after the American Revolution (before the Constitution was written) we tried running the place off of the revenue from tariffs, and for a combination of reasons it didn’t work.

It won’t work now, not to run the place, nor to protect American manufacturing. A fella named Herbert Hoover tried using tariffs that way and helped make the Great Depression happen. Tried and failed.

[thewiseegg]

Here is my contribution to the Founding Father and Hamilton fan base :)

[paranoid-spotlight-everest]

Articles of Confederation my problematic fave. Cringefail babygirl. You had no hope.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[fatdaypants]

John Dickinson's gravesite, can't barely see it, took me forever to find

[teachanarchy]

The Mess that was the Articles of Confederation | Power and Politics in ...

[truegeorge]

The Constitution: Convention

                After the battlefield victory and the signing of the “Treaty of Paris” in 1783, the American Revolutionary War officially ended. The thirteen colonies were recognized as free and independent states from Great Britain. During the Revolutionary War The second Continental Congress already had the framework for a national government and after the constitutional convention in 1777 the…

[arthurdrakoni]

Flag of the Commonwealth of California

This is the flag of The Commonwealth of California.  It comes from a world where the Constitution was never ratified, and the Articles of Confederation remained the primary governing document for the United States.  Unfortunately, this meant that the federal government remained weak and ineffectual.  The states soon began to question why they needed to take orders from Washington, and regionalist movements began to spring up.  By the early 19th century the United States had completely collapsed.  Each state became its own nation, with smaller states joining bigger ones either willingly or by force.  Though the United States had failed as a nation, the idea of the United States inspired other colonies to rebel against their mother nations and seek independence.

The ideal of Manifest Destiny never really became a thing, but there was a general westward movement among the peoples of North America.  However, how they got westward was considerably different than in our world.  That brings us to California.  It was primarily settled by British colonist from the Oregon Territory.  This had multiple effects on California's development.  For example, California is governed by a parliament, led by a prime minister, and the Queen's Birthday is a national holiday.  California is also a proud member of the Commonwealth of Nations.  Just as in our world, California has a significant Mexican minority, and most Californians are bilingual. 

California is one of the most prosperous nations in North America. It has a booming tech sector, and it's farms help feed people across North America. In the past, California had a history in intervening in wars, but it has backed off from that in more recent times.  The big focus now is space exploration.  California has launched multiple missions to the Moon and now there's talk of a possible Mars mission.

California's British heritage is very much reflected on its flag with the blue background and St. George's canton.  The seal hearkens back to the early days of British settlement, all under the watchful eye of Britannia herself. The tree in the canton is a California Redwood. 

Link to the original flag on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2017/04/flag-of-commonwealth-of-california.html?m=1

[quotesfromall]

Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.

John Dickinson, Articles of Confederation

[awesomehistoryloverblog]

Shays Rebellion of 1786, the 1st American Insurrection

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Shays Rebellion storms courthouses in Massachusetts Shays Rebellion of 1786 was a series of violent attacks by rural landowners on county courthouses and armories in Massachusetts.  It led to a full-blown military confrontation with the state militia in the winter of 1787. The angry rebels were mostly ex-Revolutionary War soldiers, now mostly farmers. They opposed the state’s tax and debt…

[vocabulari]

Reading the articles of confederation for my con law class and wanted to let you know that paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice are NOT entitled to privileges and immunities of free citizens! Thats such a funny list of exceptions to me,, I want to know the legal definition of a vagabond, we may as well add rascals, menaces, and scallywags to the list at this point. Also paupers? They said no <3 to poor people, what’s new I guess, anyway reblog if you are a pauper, vagabond, and/or fugitive of justice 🫡

[second-wolf]

Apparently, in the Articles of Confederation, the document that governed the US before the constitution, there was an entire article of the 13 articles that stated Canada could just join as a full member whenever they wanted.

“Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.”

-Article XI, Articles of Confederation

[dontcallittimetravel]

On This Day: the continental congress finalizes the articles of confederation, and everyone goes, "Whew, that was tough. Good thing we don't have to ever do that again!"