Unity During The American Revolution

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America, the land of the free, and the home of the brave, united we stand, as one. Although America has been a united country for quite a while, it’s unity formed 254 years ago, even though it was not set in stone, during the American Revolution. During this time period of 1763-1789, the Americans faced many problems putting roadblocks in their journey to establishing present day America. The main problem the American people faced in the Revolutionary Period was becoming more united. Unity was critical to colonial success against the British because it allowed the colonist create a bond over unequal power which gave them a leg up against Britain. Edmund Morgan, an early American historian and professor at Yale, describes the feelings of the …show more content…

In order to make the Constitution more effective, the Americans had to revise the Articles of Confederation. Morgan notes the process the Americans had to go through when fixing the problems within the Articles of Confederation: “Their work has often been described as a bundle of compromises...They could afford to give and take where they disagreed, because there were so many important things about which they did agree” . Even though disagreement occurred, this did not stir much controversy within the convention. The states had to agree more than disagree in order to fix the equal power distribution between state and central government the Articles of Confederation provided. The new Constitution would make the states less separated from the national government and unite them under a set of federal laws in which all Americans valued. Morgan identifies the unity the Americans felt was necessary when creating the Constitution: “If the Revolution was built upon the principle that all men are created equal, the Constitution gave men a more equal share in the national government than the Confederation did” . The Constitution tightens the gaps in the Articles of Confederation because the old Constitution proved not enough unity, made unity an essential. The ratification of the Constitution formed unity between the states and the national government because the states agreed to value the federal laws first, and then value their state laws after. The preamble of the Constitution provides a glimpse of the unity the Americans forced into their new country: “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility...the Blessings of Liberty... ” . The Constitution was the final document to officially make America a united

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