... would stand against foreign enemies, which a weak national government would not effectively accomplish. A strong national government was also necessary in order to facilitate commerce and trade between the states, which a weak national government would not be capable of doing. In addition, regarding factions, a strong national government would prevent an influential faction from spreading ... the national government. The separation of power between the two levels of government is federalism, a key argument of the Federalists in favor of the Constitution. The Anti-Federalists felt that ...

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... extremely different. Britain has a unitary, un-codified and flexible constitution, whereas America has a federal, codified and inflexible constitution. The significance of these differences are firstly, America's federal constitution disperses government power both between the states and the national government, and between the different branches of government, with the President, Congress and the Supreme Court all sharing power. In contrast to this Britain's unitary constitution centralises power both in ... now superior to British constitutional law. Finally the last difference betwee...

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... from Britain; We must endeavour to forget our former love for them, and hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. The fact that war is mentioned before peace, however, not only gives an ominous indication of the subsequent battle America will have to fight in order to achieve this description of independence, but gives a much ... was effective in persuading more reluctant revolutionaries, many of whom would have stayed a colony of the British Empire in favour of the violence which ensued. War is also a primary feature in the closing paragraphs in descrip...

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... part, in Madison's opinion, independent. To assure such independence, no one branch should have too much power in selecting members of the other two branches. In his Second Treatise of Civil Government, John Locke stated that "it is not without reason the [man] seeks out and is willing to join in society with others who are already united, or have a mind to ... unite for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties, and estates, which I call by the general name - property." It was by these basic principles that laid the essential framework for our constitution. Based upon the funda...

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