The Constitution: Democracy in the Making

When America claimed its independence from the royal crown in July 1776, many of America’s political elites gathered and began to draw up constitutions for each individual state. Actually, the state constitutions played an important role in the formation of government because it showed the first efforts of trying to establish a sound government of and by the people. But in the 18th century, the use of the word “constitution” was more defined as an arrangement of the government, a compilation of parliamentary laws and traditions, not necessarily an actual document.

This brought about the Articles of Confederation. But these gentlemen would soon learn that they set up a very weak and powerless government. Congress lacked the authority to enforce its own laws and did not know where to turn. They were powerless to levy or collect taxes due to the huge debt from the war and literately had to solicit the states for funds. They also had not control over trade either from here and abroad. So states were imposing taxes on goods from other states and American merchants had a hard time competing with European merchants. States were creating

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