What is the Constitution that sets the framework of our government today? Why was it written and who was it written for in 1787? Did it protect any particular group in society? Does it embody the ideals of the revolutionary period? Who supported it and who did not? All of these are key to understanding our country's most crucial document. Discuss below.
Federalists v. Antifedaeralists and differences between Articles and Constitution
2 comments:
I think the Constitution favored the Federalists' wishes more than the Anti-Federalists' wishes.
The Constitution had
1.) a strong, central gov't
2.) regulations of gov't positions
3.) separation of church and state
4.) the gov't controlling foreign and domestic affairs
5.) gov't controlling many taxes (some are controlled by the states now, where they then too?)
All of these were supported by the Federalists.
The Constitution only had the following to include the Anti-Federalists' wishes:
1.) a Bill of Rights
2.) the Judiciary Branch including church (swearing an oath on the Bible before testifying during a trial)
3.) powers not included in the Constitution were given to the States to handle
More Federalist ideas were put into the Constitution than Anti-Federalist ideas.
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The Constitution favored the Federalists over the Anti-Federalists:
The Constitution only included a Bill of Rights because the Anti-Federalists were pushing for it. Without their discontent, it never would have been included. This could have lead to a future revolution if the government had perhaps ignored the people’s rights.
The Anti-Federalists only wanted to simply revise the Articles of Confederation but the Federalist over-empowered them and decided to completely start from scratch with an idea of checks and balances for a new government.
The Federalists wanted a strong, central government and that’s what they got. State governments still had power, but a majority of that power was envisioned by the Anti-Federalists to be held by local governments
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