ratification a document has to be voted the constitution would be –presented to ratifying...
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• Ratification a document has to be voted
• The Constitution would be – Presented to ratifying
– Delegates would be
• Ratification Plan – Example of Social Contract theory because people
were asked for the consent to be governed (people are sole source of political power)
Why was ratification required?
• As soon as the Constitution was
• Anti-Federalists – Stated their objections to the Constitution
• Key Anti-Federalists:– George Mason,
Where and how did Americans debate the Proposed Constitution?
• Both Federalists and Anti-Federalists
• Greatest governing power in a republic should be
What were the Key elements of the Anti-Federalists’ opposition?
• Anti-Federalists believed – Representative governments only work in small
communities
– A Large, diverse state or nation
– With a single national government uniform
What were the Key elements of the Anti-Federalists’ opposition?
• Anti-Federalist beliefs – In a large state, people would not be able
– Once government operates at a distance from the citizens
– People living in small agricultural communities best posses civic virtue because
– civic virtue works best in small homogenous communities
What were the Key elements of the Anti-Federalists’ opposition?
How did the Anti-Federalists’ philosophy shape their objections to the Constitution?
• Specific Arguments against the Constitution – President had unlimited
– Congress has the power to make any laws that
How did the Anti-Federalists’ philosophy shape their objections to the Constitution?
• Specific Arguments against the Constitution – National courts have so much power they
• Constitution did not create
Should there be a Bill of Rights?• Most used arguments in favor of Bill of Rights:
– National government did not
– National government’s powers are too general and vague (are they unlimited?)
– Nothing in the Constitution
– State Constitutions
– It was necessary to remind people of