In my opinion, the Critical Period was a combination of both a critical time and a transitional time. The founders of our nation had laid a firm groundwork with a solid constitution for our nation to develop. This period just needed to follow the Constitution in order to preserve the union. Any new country, just as any new marriage, undergoes a transition period. Sometimes crises develop, but with a firm background, these crises are solved and the relationship moves on and matures.
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how can the period from 1783-1789 be viewed as simply a transitional period instead of a critical time.
Please i need a lot of information about how it was simily a transitional period with some developments.
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John Fiske (look him up), who termed those years in the US the "critical period" in fact believed in evolution of government. I would call the years immediately preceding this period, when the American Revolution took place "critical". As for 1783-1789, I would call it a period of experimentation and development of a new form of government, evolving from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution of the United States. However you can argue both points of view and I think your teacher is asking you to concentrate on the transition from cobbled together Continental Congress to weak Confederation to the final (sort of final) government under the Constitution.
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