从1781年《邦联条例》得到批准到1789年第一届联邦政府成立这一段时间,在美国历史上被称为“邦联时期”。在这一时期,《邦联条例》所设计的体制无法应对新生国家国内建设的需要,人们在实践中和理论上进行探索,希望对《邦联条例》加以修正。这一不断修正的过程是邦联不断探索宪政改革的过程,并且直接导向了美国制宪会议的召开和联邦宪法的制定,从而为美国构建新的政府框架提供了崭新的机会。一宪政改革方式的探索 From the approval of the Confederation Ordinance in 1781 to the establishment of the first federal government in 1789, it has been called the “confederal period” in the history of the United States. During this period, the system designed by the Confederation Ordinance failed to meet the needs of the domestic construction of the newly established countries. People explored it in practice and in theory, hoping to amend the Confederation Regulations. This constantly revised process is the confederation’s continuous exploration of the constitutional reform process and its direct guidance to the convening of the U.S. constitutional assembly and the formulation of the federal constitution, thus opening up a brand new opportunity for the United States to build a new government framework. An Exploration of the Way of Constitutional Reform