we should ratify the Constitution. This is an important moment in our countries history.It is important to our countries history because if we ratify the Constitution the Executive branch would have all of the power. If we didn 't ratify the Constitution the states would have power. The proposed Constitution would give the Executive branch the right to tax the American citizens and the states wouldn 't be able to say no to it. My position is an Anti-Federalist. One reason we should not ratify the
Hook - There is nothing more mentally straining then to be here at the Constitutional Convention, where we are deciding our country's fate. It’s one question, “Should we ratify the Constitution or not?” yet it is difficult because our decisions here make a huge impact on the future of the United States. Introduction - Greetings my dear delegates, I am John Dickinson and I am speaking on behalf of Delaware. As you may have known, I have previously been on the assembly of the lower country's, well
The Federalists supported the United States Constitution. They supported removing powers from the states and allowing the powers to go simply into the hands of the U.S. national government. Federalists were pleased with the idea of dividing the powers among the different branches of government, such as the legislative, executive, and judicial courts. Moreover, the anti-federalists believe that the necessary political powers need to remain within the states. They want the legislative branch to hold
Convention drew to a close, Americans debated whether or not to ratify, or approve, the Constitution. Many states insisted that a bill of rights be added. In the end, the Constitution was ratified and it included the Bill of Rights. The Constitution has successfully served as our framework for more than 200 years. The Constitution also establishes the principle of federalism, or division between the federal government and the states. The Constitution grants specific powers to the federal government and the
The Dispute That Disconcertingly Didn’t Win It is June of 1789. Nearly a year has passed since the ratification of the Constitution. Imagine your children and wife waking you up and asking you what is for dinner. You are not sure what to say because you lost your farm due to paying off debts. This endures and then something tragic transpires. Your youngest child perishes. In the 1780s there were two diverse types of people with dissimilar lifestyles. These encompassed Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Article Five of the United States Constitution primarily describes the process whereby the constitution itself may be altered. Altering the constitution consist of proposing an amendment or a subsequent ratification. Article Five therefore explanatory shows two ways the constitution may be amended. One that has been mainly used for all of the amendments throughout our constitution, where the amendment is adopted by congress (i.e. Senate and House of Representatives i.e. Legislative Branch) with
had to deal with gaining their independence from Great Britain. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jeffereson writes it to give reasons to why the American colonies are going to seperate from Great Britain. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison write the Federalists Papers to try and convince the people of the American colonies to ratify the new constitution. In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson gives logical reasoning and also emtional reasoning through the type of words he uses and in the Federalists
deal with gaining their independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson was written to give reasons to why the American colonies are going to separate from Great Britain. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison wrote the Federalists Papers to try and convince the people of the American colonies to ratify the new constitution. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson gives logical reasoning and also emotional reasoning through the type of words he uses and in the
enough history followed with the Constitution. Many people played a role in the development and this paper will examine the Federalists and their counterparts the non-federalist. This paper will also show the timeline pertaining to the articles of confederation and compare it to the constitution. To believe in something we need to understand why we need to do it in the first place. Why do we need to be governed and given a list of rules to be treated fairly? Why is an understatement, when people
“Look back, to slavery, to suffrage to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts,” according to Anna Quindlen, an American writer. Everyone should be able to do things without having restrictions and regulations, or being mistreated. Back in the 1860s, slavery still occurred and Blacks wanted to be free individuals and not be beaten or abusive by a master. The problem with this is that during this time period Blacks were not seeing as equal as a white