The constitution was a carefully constructed confabulation based on the philosophy of John Hobbes and John Calvin. It was not necessarily designed to confuse the constituency and create a transient democracy, but to balance power between mob rule and rule by monarchy by creating an enduring republic. The constitution was based off of Hobbes and Calvin to a small degree, as the Fathers believed the people did not always know what was right and they feared being overthrown by mob rule. However, they feared tyranny even more, and wanted to create a system of government to avoid this from occurring. True democracy would lead to either of those occurring, so they created a system to express what the majority of the people though with a system of
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While the Constitution was well written, it lacked the protection of human rights. Even though they did not want too give too much power to the people, it was important to protect their rights should the government try and take them away. The Bill of Rights, of the first ten amendments to the constitution were then drafted. “By early 1789, even Madison had come to agree that some sort of bill of rights was essential legitimize the new government in the eyes of its opponents” (Brinkley 108). This Bill of Rights would ease opposition to the new Constitution, as people would feel assured that they were not being taken advantage of and still had their natural rights. This made it much easier to ratify the constitution, as well take further steps to try and prevent a corrupt government from forming. The founding fathers did not create a transient democracy. If they had created a transient democracy, the constitution would be similar to the Articles of Confederation, and people would vote on everything. They country would have collapsed relatively soon hence the word transient. An enduring republic was actually formed. People could elect people to run the government for them. This new country was not transient, but long lasting. America remains one of the worlds major powers today, indicating that a successful long-lasting government was
While the Constitution was well written, it lacked the protection of human rights. Even though they did not want too give too much power to the people, it was important to protect their rights should the government try and take them away. The Bill of Rights, of the first ten amendments to the constitution were then drafted. “By early 1789, even Madison had come to agree that some sort of bill of rights was essential legitimize the new government in the eyes of its opponents” (Brinkley 108). This Bill of Rights would ease opposition to the new Constitution, as people would feel assured that they were not being taken advantage of and still had their natural rights. This made it much easier to ratify the constitution, as well take further steps to try and prevent a corrupt government from forming. The founding fathers did not create a transient democracy. If they had created a transient democracy, the constitution would be similar to the Articles of Confederation, and people would vote on everything. They country would have collapsed relatively soon hence the word transient. An enduring republic was actually formed. People could elect people to run the government for them. This new country was not transient, but long lasting. America remains one of the worlds major powers today, indicating that a successful long-lasting government was