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The fundamental definition of an effective government is one in which there is political stability with the preservation of democracy, economic growth and confidence, social mobility and order, and a foreign relations policy in which trade is allowed to boom and safety is imperative. The form of government created after the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation was a one-house congress but it did not have an independent executive or an independent judiciary. This form …

…aspects of the Articles of Confederation were signs of an effective government, the facts prove that the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government because they lacked political stability, economic growth and a productive foreign policy. The Constitution, although it brought about much dismay from revolutionaries, also "saved" the United States from the destruction and the stunting of growth that the Articles of Confederation could have brought, had they stayed in place.