first constitution of the United States

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:allows interstate commerce
state sovereignty
federal government powers
gptkbp:amended_by only once
gptkbp:created gptkb:Confederation_Congress
gptkbp:draft_year gptkb:legislation
gptkb:Philadelphia
1777
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:Connecticut
gptkb:Delaware
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:New_Hampshire
gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:Rhode_Island
1781
1789
thirteen states
gptkbp:established government framework
a loose confederation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label first constitution of the United States
gptkbp:includes unicameral legislature
gptkbp:influenced_by Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:is_adopted_by March 1, 1781
gptkbp:is_aimed_at managing foreign relations
settling disputes between states
conducting diplomacy
raising funds for the war
coordinating state efforts
coordinating war efforts
creating a post office system
establishing a common currency
establishing a military
preserving state independence
providing for mutual defense
regulating trade between states
gptkbp:is_criticized_for lack of enforcement power
lack of a bill of rights
gptkbp:is_designed_to unify the states
gptkbp:is_implemented_in 1781
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkbp:is_opposed_by others who favored stronger central government
gptkbp:is_part_of American Revolutionary War context
gptkbp:is_supported_by some Founding Fathers
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
gptkbp:operates_in 1789
gptkbp:proposed_by create a national government
gptkbp:provides no executive branch
no national judiciary
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:current_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Constitution
weaknesses in governance
gptkbp:signed_by delegates
gptkbp:strategic_importance provide strong central government
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3