"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"-Thomas Jefferson Through painful years of authoritarian British government and the weak Articles of Confederation, Americans' hungered for a new form of government. The American leaders, terrified by an autocratic central government like Britain's were in the need of a new administration, which would evenly balance control and freedom. The formation of the Constitution was due to a combination between the Articles and the British government, avoiding the …
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…effective way to balance control and freedom among the nation. This system allowed Americans' to reach their goal of providing natural rights to the individual while effectively managing the nations problems. The Americans' knowledge of previous experiences of the British government, and the Articles of Confederation, ultimately contributed towards the success. Both types of government had their weaknesses, but by gathering their strengths and incorporating it into a new form of government forming the Constitution.