American History

In the 18th century before the American government gained dependence from the British rule, there were several attempts to ensure unity in America and to be able to fight Britain that was a strong Nation with strong economic background and good political system referred to as the Kingdom of Great Britain. In Britain, leadership was based on monarchy common with the royal families. It was therefore not easy to take away the control of thirteen colonies from the Great Britain and the thirteen colonies of the Britain had to come together to fight the British Empire.

The Revolution
The thirteen colonies of Britain were Rhodes Island, New York, North Carolina, Hampshire, Virginia, Delaware, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey and Georgia. The thirteen states united in a revolution that led to the formation of the United States of America. The British government did not allow the colonies to bring forward the names of the representatives in the parliament to air their views and to follow the proceedings in the parliament. This led to animosity among the colonies and even the royal officials were not allowed in the parliament (Nelson, 1926).

This led to the formation of provincial leaders or congress by different states to create another center of power out of the monopoly of the British parliament and to forge new system that was free from British influence. As a result, new crop of leaders emerged to fight with a common objective in gaining independence. After the revolution, political leaders from different states fought to form a strong government which was to be centralized since they were against the form of system that was based in monarchy and they feared that the British form of governance could be entrenched in the newly formed State (USA).

They also feared the attack from the well organized army of the Britain. To be able to benefit from the struggle and sovereignty that they fought for from the Britain, centralized government was important in the protection of the boundaries of different States from occupation or invasion by strangers. They had to bring the interest of every state to ensure that the views and the interest of the thirteen States were represented fully unlike the British government that never allowed representatives in their parliamentary sessions. It was also important in ensuring that representation was well catered by protecting or guarding the interest of every State.

According to Nelson (1926), there was an urgent need to come up with a working constitution after independence to define how the government was to operate and to ensure that no State violates the principles behind the new constitution. The first American constitution was drafted in New York and adopted in April 20, 1777 by a delegation from every Statethirteen states. However, the citizens had no option on whether to accept the constitution or not but to accept the principles behind it and the form of government in place.

John Jay and the two friends Robert Livingstone and Gouverneur Morris were acknowledged a lot for coming up with a new constitution that was accepted by the majority. It is worth noting that the draft was more of English laws and never acknowledged most principles that were initially valued before the declaration of independence. The system of governance was almost similar to that of England. However, most of the experts argued that the constitution was drafted by people who had little experience on constitutional matters and were not old enough to understand the deeper meaning of certain ideologies in governance thereby adopting a system that had similar context with the England constitution.

The constitution proposed a republican form of governance and the concept was well explained in a more republican form and ignored the democratic principles that were highly valued by some of the delegates during the fight for independence. It is therefore true that most of the people depending on the State of origin, were not fully satisfied with the form of governance or system that was proposed in the constitution but they just had to accept it since there was an urgent need to form a new government that could ensure unity of different States. However, some amendments were made to ensure that the interest of different States was protected, for instance, the amendments on appointment of the council was necessary in providing a clear guideline on the method of appointment and the requirements for appointments (Nelson, 1926).

According to Nelson (1926), the treaty of Paris that was accepted and signed in 1783, had a great impact on the new constitution since important documents on governance were handed in to the former colonyGreat Britain and this brought a peaceful atmosphere for the adoption and the operation of the new constitution in the United State of America. It helped to reduce tension on territorial boundaries that had been a stalemate in governance for instance, Spain and France on the ownership of the Islands such as Minorca and Bahama Island. As a result, there was peace after the signing of the treaty.

Conclusion
The Unity that was forged by the thirteen States contributed greatly in the formation of a Unified State and good relationship between the thirteen States. Even though the draft constitution of 1777 was not fully representing different ideologies, it provided a leeway to proper governance and helped in forging unity between the States and even the British government, hence played an important role in unity of the states. The treaty of Paris also helped a lot in creation of new terms of agreement among the warring states and promoting conducive atmosphere for political development in the United States of America.