For any with even the simplest of trivial knowledge, of the 1790s politics in America, it would be ludicrous to say the Constitution was without fatal flaws in regards to state rights, and the rights of African Americans. The years that followed the American Revolution yielded many problems, problems that the standing government, the Articles of the Confederation could not properly address such as: the economic policies of the states, the horrible process to vote on laws, and the lack of taxation (McKeown). It was because of these first shortcomings that our country sought a new way of government, a process that only lasted 116 days from September 1786 to May 1887 despite how short the process took, the Constitution was intended to be the new
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For example, as stated in document A, Benjamin Franklin, a well known man in American history, found problems with the Constitution, and even stated so in an address to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. As history will show, he did later say he would concede and sign for the Constitution, but not after saying he had a few problems. Now, why would such a powerful figure step down from the debate about something so important, essentially when Benjamin Franklin did so much to ensure the Revolution's success? Simple, he was getting too old, he dies less than three years after this convention. He helped in the fight for Revolution, the government that was created directly afterwards has now fallen apart and a new draft is being presented. It is obvious that he truly wanted to believe that this plan could work, even with the flaws he saw. Ultimately, this may show that Ben Franklin, concede because he felt as though there was no way to fix the problems in the …show more content…
“...there are implied as well as express powers... there is another class of powers... resulting powers...” (Doc C) expressed powers are known, implied powers are up to interpretations of the Constitution and finally, resulting powers, which would simply be the government acquiring land in treaties or conquering and in turn setting up a government. This all matters because of the economic and trade. During this time, as stated in class lectures, there was a separate tax for each state goods would travel through, which was one of the problems the Articles of Confederation could never get rid of. However, through the implied powers and other such related powers of government the court system finally allowed goods to be traded fairly around the county, not only this, but the government followed through a plan with Alexander Hamilton and passed “the bank bill” (Goldfield p.210) which allowed the government to create banks. With the passing of the Coinage Act of 1792 the monetary system was set in place, and with the government now controlling the taxing the economy could grow. Yet, this was only achieved because the powers of the Constitution had not yet been properly
For example, as stated in document A, Benjamin Franklin, a well known man in American history, found problems with the Constitution, and even stated so in an address to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. As history will show, he did later say he would concede and sign for the Constitution, but not after saying he had a few problems. Now, why would such a powerful figure step down from the debate about something so important, essentially when Benjamin Franklin did so much to ensure the Revolution's success? Simple, he was getting too old, he dies less than three years after this convention. He helped in the fight for Revolution, the government that was created directly afterwards has now fallen apart and a new draft is being presented. It is obvious that he truly wanted to believe that this plan could work, even with the flaws he saw. Ultimately, this may show that Ben Franklin, concede because he felt as though there was no way to fix the problems in the …show more content…
“...there are implied as well as express powers... there is another class of powers... resulting powers...” (Doc C) expressed powers are known, implied powers are up to interpretations of the Constitution and finally, resulting powers, which would simply be the government acquiring land in treaties or conquering and in turn setting up a government. This all matters because of the economic and trade. During this time, as stated in class lectures, there was a separate tax for each state goods would travel through, which was one of the problems the Articles of Confederation could never get rid of. However, through the implied powers and other such related powers of government the court system finally allowed goods to be traded fairly around the county, not only this, but the government followed through a plan with Alexander Hamilton and passed “the bank bill” (Goldfield p.210) which allowed the government to create banks. With the passing of the Coinage Act of 1792 the monetary system was set in place, and with the government now controlling the taxing the economy could grow. Yet, this was only achieved because the powers of the Constitution had not yet been properly