oncerned many delegates was the absence of the bill of rights. This rather large absence caused problems for the federalists during the time of ratification. Obtaining ratification of the new constitution was a very difficult process, but in the end the new constitution was passed in a very close decision. Although the structure of the new constitution was much more intricate and thorough, the most important changes were the ones that gave sufficient power to the central government to run an organized nation. The most crucial power granted to the federal government under the constitution was that which gave the government the power to levy taxes. With this important capability, the federal government could raise necessary funds and also had means of producing a much-needed federal army. Another extremely important power was the one that allowed the government to regulate commerce. The government now had the means necessary to deal with foreign affairs without the inevitable failures that occured under the Articles of Confederation. This further unified the states, because they now were forced to obtain consent of the Congress on all state regulations.Under the Articles of Confederation the United States was coming dangerously close to a national crisis. Under the articles of Confederation, the U.S had been driven into a position of economic and political chaos. With the strictly limited powers granted to the congress by the Articles, the government was unable levy taxes, regulate foreign and domestic commerce, raise a national army and deal with diplomatic matters. The crisis that faced the United States was extremely real militarily, economically and politically. The U.S would have been able to survive for months, years possibly even decades past the point that they reached before adopting the constitution. But merely surviving was not what won the country its independence from the British . The early leaders of the nation had somethi...
