It was very difficult to ratify the Constitution because it was hard for congress to get nine states to agree on a new form of government rather then revising the Articles of Confederation. The concerns of those that opposed the new government were that the people in Philadelphia who made up the Constitution represented the "well- born few" and people thought that the new form of government would only protect the high class. Another objection was that the Constitution gave the central government "to much power". People were worried with a republic as big as ours the central government would not be able to control it. The most serious criticism was that the Constitution had failed to adopted a Bill of Rights.
The concerns were dealt with by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay by banding together and writing essays in the New York newspapers responding to the anti-federalists, and analyzing the Constitution. Another concern that was dealt with was the biggest the adoption of a Bill of Rights in the ratification debate in Virginia Madison conceded that a bill of rights was needed. The federalist assured to the public that the first step of the new government would be to adopt a Bill of Rights. The Federalist prevailed when adopting the Bill of Rights two of the biggest states New York, and Virginia approved to the Constitution.
I completely agree with you Mckyle. That is exactly what I said. The bill of rights was needed and was very important problem for the Federalists. Without assuring them that it was going to be created, I am sure the Constitution would never have been ratified.
ReplyDeleteI had some of the same points! I like how you included the picture of who were Federalists and who were Antifederalists. It's interesting to see how the majority of the south were Antifederalists.
ReplyDeleteGee willy, McKyle, it looks like we've written nearly identical pieces! I agree with you completely, awesome job!
ReplyDeleteI literally said the exact thing so of course i agree with you. We definately needed the bill of rights for everyone to agree with the bill of rights
ReplyDeleteMcKyle, you the real MVP. This may have been the best blog i have ever read. I completely agree that the Bill of Rights was needed in order to ratify the Constitution.
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