Founding Fathers Problems

While creating the foundation for the great country we know today, the Founding Fathers faced many challenges. They couldn’t change their citizens sinful ways so they tried to make a constitution that would keep the madness at bay. They also pondered on representatives to help their people be heard more effectively and efficiently. The people also must be satisfied with the government, so the Fathers had to provide them the things that a government is responsible for. Some other critical issues were conflicting interests and majority rule. A balanced government would remedy that and many other problems. One major problem the Founding Fathers had was with the nature of men. They believed that men were inherently selfish and unethical. Throughout …show more content…
This would be extremely problematic because those who weren’t under said groups, would be crushed under the thumb of that whopping majority. A balanced government was essential to keep groups in check. The colonies were unified under a common hatred of the British. Without that common enemy, the people split and tended to their own interests causing discord. Two good examples are the rich and poor. Since the beginning of communities, those who have had more have mistreated those who had less. That’s the way it been and that’s they way it will always be. “Wealth tends to corrupt the mind and to nourish its love of power, and to stimulate it to oppression. History proves this to be the spirit of the opulent.” (Page 10) The Founding Fathers knew this to be true and strived to create a government to keep that from happening. Distracting the people with other interests was also thought to be a solution to keep certain groups at bay. “The citizens who shared a common majority interest ‘must be rendered by their number and local situation, unable to concert and carry into effect their schemes of oppression.” (Page 11) Another issue with groups is that, with enough support, they can get too powerful. ”a majority would be the most dangerous of all factions that might arise, for the majority would be the most capable of gaining complete ascendancy.” (Page 11) To combat a situation like this, the Founding Fathers wanted a federal government with a stronghold on all states. This would make the country stronger as a unit. If a problem sprang up in a certain area, those people don’t have to deal with it alone. “Should a popular insurrection happen in one of the confederate states, the others are able to quell it.” (Page