New Constituition

The Constitution helped to add order to the U.S. It guaranteed certain basic rights.

S U B T I T L E

The New Constitution took place of the first Constitution. America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was ratified in 1781, a time when the nation was a loose confederation of states, each operating like independent countries. The national government was comprised of a single legislature, the Congress of the Confederation; there was no president or judicial branch. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the power to govern foreign affairs, conduct war and regulate currency. .