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America's revolution against the British was fought for freedom from high taxation. Many Americans did not approve of the monarchial government of Britain. When the American Revolution ended, America formed a new type of government based on the ideas of republicanism. This idea revolved around the concept that ultimate political authority should be vested in the citizens of the nation. Republicanism was a very radical idea because no government in the past had ever tried or succeeded with the ideas of republicanism. America's first constitution was called the Articles of Confederations and it was drafted in 1777. This constitution only lasted for eleven year because the Federalists wanted to strengthen the government. In 1788, the new Federal Constitution was ratified by all the states except North Carolina and Rhode Island. In Document A, James Madison discusses how the "smallest state in the Union ha[d] obstructed every attempt to reform the government; that little member ha[d]......

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