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The Origins of the Constitution Gordon S. Wood, Brown University When did the story of the Constitution begin? Some might say it ABOUT THE began over 2500 years ago in the city-states of ancient Greece. AUTHOR Others might place its beginnings nearly three-quarters of a millennium back in the fields of Runnymede. Still others might say Gordon S. Wood, is professor of history at the Constitution had its origins three centuries or so ago during Brown University, and the the tumultuous years of the seventeenth-century English author of The Creation of revolutions. Or others, more patriotic perhaps, might date the the American Republic, beginnings of the Constitution from events in the Western 1776-1787 (University of Hemisphere, from the†¦show more content†¦Despite the notable strength of this Confederation, however, it was clear that it was something less than a unitary national government. Under the Articles the crucial powers of commercial regulation and taxation--indeed, all final lawmaking authority--remained with the states. Congressi onal resolutions were only recommendations to be left to the states to enforce. And should there be any doubts of the decentralized nature of the Confederation, Article 2 stated bluntly that each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States of America had a literal meaning that is unfamiliar to us today. The Confederation was based on the equal representation of each state in the Congress. It was less a single government than it was a treaty among sovereign states. It was intended to be and remained, as Article 3 declared, a firm league of friendship among states jealous of their individuality. 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