The Founding Fathers and the Constitution
The Founding Fathers and the Constitution
The Founding Fathers and the Constitution
Would America look very differently without the pioneers of our country? It is higly probably that the ideas in which the Founding Fathers are given credit for would have eventually been though of but it id unknown wether the timing would have been right and things would have worked out the way they did. There are many different scenarios that might have happened, but Americans know that what the Founding Fathers did contributed to the government we have today in the United States. Democratic government would not be where it is today without the Founding Fathers. The Founding Fathers made the government more democratic because they considered the peoples good will, the peoples approval and their approaches on political and economic issues.
Becoming more Democratic, the Founding Fathers were doing whatever it took for America to thrive. The work at the Constitutional Convention, “What the did to hammer out a pragmatic compromise which would both bolster the national interest and be acceptable to the people.” The Founding Fathers had good intentions for the well being of the American people. They wanted the people to accept the new constitution. “What inspiration they got come form their collective experience as professional politicians in a democratic society.” The Founding Fathers were combining all experiences from democratic societies into the Constitution. Collectively the democratic ideals generated from each person could work together in sync with the government. During the creation of the Constitution the Founding Fathers kept the good will of the people of America in mind.
Throughout the development of the Constitution, the Founding Fathers were constantly seeking the approval of the American people. John P. Roche states in his essay, ” The Founding Fathers were first and foremost superb democratic politicians. As recent research into the nature of American politics in the 1780s confirms, they were committed to working within the democratic framework, within a universe of public approval.” They were basing the content of the Constitution on what the public would approve of. One of their most definite goal of their was popular people approbation. The Founding Fathers wanted to be with the people, in a democratic society, not against the people.
The approaches taken on political and economic issues were confronted by the Founding Fathers. John P Roche also says in his essay, ” The history of the United States from 1786 to 1790 was largely one of the masterful employment of political expertise by the Constitutionalists as against bumbling, erratic behavior by the opponents of reform.” The Constitution helped the political issues in America, it stabilized easiness between the states. ” What distinguished the leaders of the Constitutionalist caucus from their enemies was a “Continental” approach to political, economic and military issues. To the extent that they are shared an institutional base