The Political System Of The United States

When creating the American government the founders looked to many examples of both good and bad government for guidance, learning from the past as well as their own experiences at self government. They were curious about what type of government would work best, so when late 18th century Europe found themselves in a social as well as intellectual revolution the founders were intrigued. The Age of Enlightenment threatened established institutions and authority by advancing the belief in science and reason which led to the study of human nature and questioned the traditional government. The founders begun to follow the admirable philosophers of the era as the created concepts ambivalent to the pre existing

The Founding Fathers were influenced by both Aristotle’s and Plato’s belief that tyrannical government is the worst kind of government because it is ruled with only the personal interest of the ruler rather than common interest. The founding fathers also agreed with aristotle in that kings are not ideal for governing a society. They decided to fight for their freedom from such a tyrannical government. The founding fathers separated themselves from a tyranncy through inspiration from Plato and Aristotle's writings, a war, and a declaration of independence.

           The U.S. electoral system was created to give every citizen a say in who their elected officials should be, but this system has failed miserably. The right to vote is a basic right that needs be provided to every American regardless of such traits as political party, religion, or ethnicity. It is unethical to deny a person the right to vote and historically that has been a major problem in the United States. Our election system is completely corrupt and voter rights is not the only problem, strategically drawing voting districts is also a major issue. Our current electoral system is corrupt and unethical because of gerrymandering, the breaking down of the voter rights act, and voter ID laws.

In the United States of America, the political party system is pivotal to the function of our nation. The political party system in our society today is separated between the Democrats and the Republicans. Although political parties do possess uncertainties their advantages outweigh their drawbacks in America. The United States of America is made up of two basic political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. A political party is a group of individuals who share similar interest and they work together with one another to construct and execute policies. The Democratic Party was established in 1828, by Andrew Jackson. The Democratic Party was created based on a belief in an unyielding government and an advocacy of social and

As old as the stories of the Greeks and Romans were, the founding fathers found a way to connect what they learned as they grew up to the decisions they made during their time as statesmen. In the book Greeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers by Carl J. Richard, it is shown how some of the historical event such as the Persian wars, the stories of the Spartans etc…. influenced our founding fathers decisions for our nation. From the stories of the Spartans they learned the importance of independence to a republic. Persian Wars taught the founding fathers to inherit the strengths of a republican government that helped to defend itself against strong governments. From the fall of Greece to Macedon and Rome

Developing a country and its principals comes with many debates, arguments, and many decisions to be made. In the end of the eighteenth century the Founding Fathers of the newly established America dealt with the difficulties of creating a country with strong political, social, and economic power. With the writing of the Articles of Confederation the country had now developed a national government, but was weak and ineffective. The top leaders of the country knew the flaws of the Articles and gathered together to rewrite the draft. When these decisions makers met in Philadelphia for the Convention the Constitution of the United States was written. This Constitution developed the foundation of the American governmental system. Along with

When America developed their government it was pretty unique in comparison to the rest of the world at the time, it seems an almost near miracle that anything could be created all the way from the ground up like it seems it was. That is not, however, the entire story. There were many people that inspired and influenced American democracy, for example John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu.

The Founding Fathers had learned from the past that a democracy was a form of lawless mob rule. They saw that the ancient Greeks tried a true democracy that had failed and led to chaos. A true democracy would not run efficiently or properly. The Founding Fathers saw our Government as a Republic (McManus 2001). They were realists who believed in limited government and low taxes. Their ideal was to build a unique structure of government to put into action their beliefs in nationalism, limited government, and separation of powers with check and balances, and judicial reviews. The Founding Fathers wanted to generate a strong government while ensuring that the government would not become a threat to liberty or property.

When the Founding Fathers were developing our government they looked back to famous writing of European Enlightenment thinkers. Two main documents the Founding Fathers started relied on were “Two Treatises” by John Locke and “Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes. When the Founding Fathers were writing the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution, they needed starting point to base their government off of. As they were reading these documents, it became more and more obvious to be a successful independent Country they would need to create a strong government that would not only control everything but give rights to the people and let the governed have a big voice in how the government runs.

During the birth of the United States, the Founding Fathers were influenced by the way Ancient Greece was governed. Ancient Greece was the first governing body to use a democracy. Our Founding Fathers believed that in order for a nation to succeed and thrive without tyranny, the nation had to put the power in the people, instead of a single ruler. With the help of Aristotle’s political theory, the Athenian Government founded a government that was successful, and most influential because it is the same system that nations, like The United States of America, still use centuries later. The Greeks influenced the western world by creating a democracy that establishes a government that uses a system of

Put in quote about Operation Wall Street being anarchy as an attention grabber. The Founding Fathers (who include George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams) studied a small, select group of Greek historians and orators who possessed backgrounds (and concerns) that were similar to the Founder’s themselves, in developing the structure of American Democracy. The Founders’ literature also abounded with references to Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Cleisthenes, Xenophon, Aristotle, Strabo, Lucian, Dio, Polybius, Plutarch, and Epictetus from Greece. The democracy of Athens influenced the founding of the U.S. political system.

In the late 1700’s, our founding fathers worked together to establish a structural government that would stand strong enough to carry our nation for as long as possible. It was agreed to avoid our government as “true democracy” in which citizens would rule themselves, but rather a representative democracy or a “constitutional republic.” Developed in writing were rules of law, separation of powers including three different branches of government, checks and balances, civil liberties or rights to the people and division of powers between federal and state governments.

The Founding Fathers had learned from the past that a democracy was a form of lawless mob rule. They saw that the ancient Greeks tried a true democracy that had failed and led to chaos. A true democracy would not run efficiently or properly. The Founding Fathers saw our Government as a Republic (McManus 2001). They were realists who believed in limited government and low taxes. Their ideal was to build a unique structure of government to put into action their beliefs in nationalism, limited government, and separation of powers with check and balances, and judicial reviews. The Founding Fathers wanted to generate a strong government while ensuring that the government would not become a threat to liberty or property.

1.Analyze the evolution of the American political system. Be sure to include one individual or document that influenced the Constitution and one change in the federal system.

The American Political System The American political system is a federal system, which consists of