In what ways is The Articles of Confederation similar to the U.S. Constitution?

Essay 1 Instructions
A primary source is a written document from a time period directly related to that time period. For this essay, you are comparing two primary sources, the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution. This essay is to be based on the following prompt.

In what ways is The Articles of Confederation similar to the U.S. Constitution? In what ways is it different?

Write a formal essay with 4 paragraphs on the similarities between these constitutions and 4 paragraphs on the differences between these constitutions. Please remember that a paragraph is 5-7 sentences in this class. Each paragraph must contain 2 specific examples, one from the Articles of Confederation and one from the U.S. Constitution), and a total of 8 paragraphs.

Please read the Articles of Confederation (Links to an external site.) and the U.S. Constitution (Links to an external site.). You do not need to read all of the documents to write this essay, but you do need to understand the major articles and, at least, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In your response, make sure that you refer to specific aspects and functions (using specific examples) of each Constitution when you are preparing for and writing this essay. You do not need an introduction or conclusion for this essay, but you may choose to do so. Please use sentence and paragraph format and please paraphrase and summarize rather than using direct quotes. That said, you do not need to use MLA formatting for this essay, and you do not need a Works Cited page for this essay. Turnitin is enabled to detect plagiarism.

Grading Rubric: completion of assignment; points supported by specifics from each of the documents; grammar, spelling, and syntax; writing in your own words. Anywhere from 1-20 points could be deducted for omissions from these areas.

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