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 * || **Articles of Confederation** || **Constitution** ||
 * Levying taxes || Congress could request states to pay taxes || Congress has right to levy taxes on individuals ||
 * Federal courts || No system of federal courts || Court system created to deal with issues between citizens, states ||
 * Regulation of trade || No provision to regulate interstate trade || Congress has right to regulate trade between states ||
 * Executive || No executive with power. President of U.S. merely presided over Congress || Executive branch headed by President who chooses Cabinet and has checks on power of judiciary and legislature ||
 * Amending document || 13/13 needed to amend Articles || 2/3 of both houses of Congress plus 3/4 of state legislatures or national convention ||
 * Representation of states || Each state received 1 vote regardless of size || Upper house (Senate) with 2 votes; lower house (House of Representatives) based on population ||
 * Raising an army || Congress could not draft troops, dependent on states to contribute forces || Congress can raise an army to deal with military situations ||
 * Interstate commerce || No control of trade between states || Interstate commerce controlled by Congress ||
 * Disputes between states || Complicated system of arbitration || Federal court system to handle disputes ||
 * Sovereignty || Sovereignty resides in states || Constitution the supreme law of the land ||
 * Passing laws || 9/13 needed to approve legislation || 50%+1 of both houses plus signature of President ||

Please cite this source when appropriate: Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources" http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/USHistory.html (31 March 1998).

House of Rep.= based on population Senate = 2 per state || Taxes on imported goods || Slave counted as 3/5 a person for population counting ||
 * Constitutional issue || Constitutional Compromise ||
 * Large vs. Small state representation || Great Compromise-- Bicameral system
 * Agriculture vs Industry || No export taxes
 * South vs. North || Makers of the Constitution tried to fulfill both the south and the north's wants to make the constitution suitable for all ||
 * Slave vs. Free || 3/5 compromise