The Revolution of the Constitution

Signing the Constitution

The Constitution offered many reforms to the Articles of Confederation. It created a completely new government for the United States, one never before seen in history. Employing a mixture of centralized government and dispersed state power, the Constitution created a new kind of republic, the compound republic.

Included in the Constitution were many changes to the power structure of the United States Government. The Constitution Created a government where power was decentralized and dispersed to three branches of government:

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch

The Constitution also drastically changed the powers afforded to the states. These changes created the framework for the union that still persists today.

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