1. Articles of confederation In Philadelphia, 1787 the articles of confederation where revised by 55 delegates. They agree that they needed to write a new constitution, that they where in need of a strong government, that there should be an executive branch (president), and that the states should not be as powerful as a national government. But they also had some disagreements like how many representatives should each state have in congress, how should the slave population count, …
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…and proper fro the well being of the nation", also called the elastic clause and imperatives powers: only national government is capable of dealing with this problems . 10. Express Powers This are powers that are listed in the constitution. 11. Reserved Powers Are powers that belong to the state, like driving laws, marriage and divorce. 12. Concurrent Powers Powers that belong to both, state and National Government, like lay or collect taxes or define crimes and set punishments.