In What Ways Did the New Constitution Represent an Improvement

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Essay

In what ways did the new Constitution represent an improvement over the Articles of Confederation?

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Definitions:

Writs of Assistance

Legal documents that served as general search warrants enabling British officials to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods in colonial America.

Regulators

Groups of backcountry Carolina settlers who protested colonial policies.

Stamp Act Congress

A meeting of delegates from several American colonies in 1765, protesting against British taxation without representation, specifically the Stamp Act.

Committees of Correspondence

Networks of communication established among the American colonies to disseminate colonial opposition to British policies through the exchange of letters and pamphlets.