... , the end result was that the central government wielded absolutely no financial power. The government had to request taxes from the states, and rarely were the states cooperative.19 The Articles of Confederation established a mindset that Americans were to be loyal to their sovereign states, rather than to the United States of America. Naturally, the states cared little for what the central government wanted or needed - they had been granted ... the power to ignore the financial needs of the central government, and if it suited their state to do so, they did.20 The result of this was th...

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... , while in Britain popular sovereignty' is viewed as residing in Parliament, Americans do not consider any body as sovereign' but the law and the constitution. Political culture in the United States is defined as getting laws passed. Dissatisfaction with the system of government is expressed by trying to force a new more favorable interpretation of the constitution. Traditionally, British usage of the Constitution has taken ... Constitution is largely based on experience - hence it is voluntaristic - but this is now changing.There is now a legal basis to the British constitution, althoug...

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