How Did The Constitution Affect The Economy

The United States Constitution was created to replace the weak Articles of Confederation. John Adams understood and was restrained from taking action to secure and enforce a commerce treaty with Britain in 1783. Even levying taxes seemed almost impossible as it took unanimous approval from all states to ratify laws. It took three years of waiting for Congress to abandon a tax of five percent on all imported goods which was blocked by Rhode Island. This was a common problem as Rakove points out that Congress had insufficient power to structure and maintain foreign policy. Protection of American goods was threatened by British goods making their way into American harbors and the restriction of American ships in the West Indies and British home lands. This greatly affected the American economy and its ability to create a market that favored America within its own borders
The United States Constitution is one of the most debated documents in the history of America. It has been picked apart selectively to determine the legality of many …show more content…
But in every history of every government or civilization, the elite have often been disconnected or concerned with the progress of business before the concern of the commoner. It is also often that the commoner is thought of as not being able to understand or have no interest in the politics of everyday life. As Tristram Dalton wrote “No people ever had a fairer opportunity to be what they have anxiously wished to be – none ever neglected their interest more” With the acceptance of this thought one might beg the question, should political concepts and offices only be held by those who have the money, power, political connections and education of the elite? It has to be recognized that those in a position of power hold that power by instituting laws that will enable to keep