Pat+Treebeard+O'Hara

 //I am a banana!// **__ The Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution are REALLY different…and not just in the way they are spelled __** *Information taken from [|USConstitution.net]
 * < ** Category  ** ||< **  Articles of Confederation  ** ||< **  U.S. Constitution  ** ||
 * < Adjudicator of disputes between States ||< Congress ||< Supreme Court ||
 * < Amendment ||< When agreed upon by all states ||< When agreed upon by three-fourths of all states ||
 * < Army ||< Congress decides on size and number of troops from each state based on population ||< Congress authorized to raise and support armies ||
 * < Congressional Pay ||< Paid by States ||< Paid by Federal government ||
 * < Executive ||< None ||< President ||
 * < Ex post facto laws ||< Not forbidden ||< Forbidden of both States and Congress ||
 * < Legislature ||< Unicameral (Congress) ||< Bicameral (House of Representatives and Senate) ||
 * < Members of Congress ||< Between two and seven per State ||< Two Senators per State, Representative apportioned according to population of State ||
 * < Navy ||< Congress authorized to build navy; States authorized to equip warship to counter piracy ||< Congress authorized to build navy; States not allowed to keep warships ||
 * < New States ||< Admitted upon agreement of 9 states ||< Admitted upon agreement of Congress ||
 * < Power to coin money ||< United States and the States ||< United States only ||
 * < Ratification ||< Unanimous consent ||< Consent of nine states required ||
 * < Taxes ||< Apportioned by Congress, collected by States ||< Laid and collected by Congress ||
 * < Term of legislative office ||< One year ||< Two years for Representatives, Six for senators ||
 * < Term limit for legislative office ||< No more than three out of every six years ||< None ||
 * < Voting in Congress ||< One vote per State ||< One vote per Representative/Senator ||

**__ Is there anything similar about the two of them? Anything at all? Is anyone listening to me?? __** ·   “The United States of America” became the formal name (stated in the Articles and Preamble, but not the Constitution itself) ·  Established by the same people (in some cases by the exact same individuals) ·  The greatest similarity  à  They are both very different!

|| ·   Three separate branches of government ·  Bicameral legislature ·  Congress receives all of the powers under the Articles, plus powers to veto State laws in conflict with national law and use force if necessary to make State obey national law || || ·   Unicameral Congress of the Confederation ·  Congress receives closely limited powers to tax and to regulate trade between States ·  “Federal executive of more than one person || ·  Congress should be composed of two houses ·  Senate: equal representation ·  House: Representation based upon population || || ·   All free-persons counted in State population, and three-fifths of all other persons (slaves) ·  Disappeared from Constitution with adoption of 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery || ·  Forbid Congress from taxing exported goods from any State ·  Congress could not interfere with the migration or importation of slaves ||
 * __ Here's the Plan...or Plan(s) __**
 * ** Plan/Compromise  ** || **  Summary  ** ||
 * Virginia Plan
 * New Jersey Plan
 * Connecticut Compromise || ·   The “Great Compromise”  à  combination of the rival Virginia and New Jersey Plans
 * Three-Fifths Compromise
 * Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise || ·    Protected southern States from slave taxes stated in Three-Fifths Compromise