The Articles of Confederation was the document that sought to serve as the precursor to the Constitution of the United States. The Article of Confederation was ratified in 1781 while the constitution was ratified in 1789. The leaders of the revolutionary America felt that it was vital to unite the relevant congress and that of states to have a uniform legislative system.
To many framers of the constitution such as James Madison et al, democracy was nothing but an organized form of chaos and unrest which was born out of the Ancient Greece in Athens. They dismissed it as a form where mobs gather to in crowds to vote for persons who would subsequently end up to be dictators and they therefore sought to avoid this kind of situation in America. The articles of Confederation therefore sought to create a new truer form of democracy in which the states were governed by the people. The very first article provides in no terms who or what we are. It provides for the title as the ‘United States of America.’ This is basically a democratic step. Initially, all states were governed by their own set of rules but by the article bringing us together it meant that every person whether male or female we were one voice and we could therefore give direction to our nation and congress.
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The second article reinforces the first one by saying that although we are now one by being united, we still retain the power and autonomy to govern ourselves as a state. This article is meant to prevent any form of dictatorship or monarchy. It ensures that one’s voice is not suppressed by the government. Article five is the one that is most close to democracy. It allocates one vote per state in the congress. This provided an equitable system where everyone’s voice on each matter could he heard through the congress vote.
In conclusion the article of confederation came as an important document in bringing democracy to the United States which we enjoy in the constitution 200 years later (Vile, 2001).
Reference;
Vile J.R. (2001). A Companion to the United States Constitution and its Amendments. Boston; MA, Greenwood Press.
