How Did George Washington Realized The Shortcomings Of The Constitution

When the delegates were ratifying the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. began to divide over whether the constitution was a really that great for the country or not. There were Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Federalists supported the constitution, and the Anti-Federalists were against it. The Federalists were supporters of the U.S. Constitution because they needed a strong central government to protect their country. On August 1, 1786, George Washington wrote a letter to John Jay about how the country’s people reacted to the constitution. This is an excerpt from his letter. “We have errors to correct. We probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.” This proves that George Washington realized the shortcomings