James Madison was very important in the framing of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He drafted almost the entire Bill of Rights and helped lay out what was important to the ratification of the Constitution. These huge accomplishments are a part of what has made him so well known in history to this day. Madison is most commonly known to us today as the Father of the Constitution. Since the Articles of Confederation made the U.S. into sovereign states with a weak central government, Congress could not tax and was incapable of paying the debts that were left over from the Revolution. Madison feared that the union would fall apart and that we would acquire bankruptcy. He also feared that the revolution did not fix the problems that it
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Madison was afraid that the states would complain to congress and call for a new constitutional convention. He saw his amendments as a way to try and fully defend the national government from unreasonable amounts of democracy; he knew that the constitution alone would not be able to completely fulfill this. On June 8, 1789, Madison introduced his bill offering up to 20 Amendments. The House of Representatives accepted 17 of his amendments and sent them to the Senate. The Senate modified these 17 to only eleven amendments. In addition, the Senate also added one that later became the Ninth Amendment. By 1791, the final of the ten amendments were ratified and became what is known as the Bill of Rights. In conclusion, Madison's supreme contribution was in switching the dispute toward an accommodation of "shared sovereignty" between the state and national governments during the validation of the Constitution. He also fixed freedom issues among the people with the creation of the Bill of Rights. These large accomplishments prove that he was very important in the framing of the Constitution and the Bill of
Madison was afraid that the states would complain to congress and call for a new constitutional convention. He saw his amendments as a way to try and fully defend the national government from unreasonable amounts of democracy; he knew that the constitution alone would not be able to completely fulfill this. On June 8, 1789, Madison introduced his bill offering up to 20 Amendments. The House of Representatives accepted 17 of his amendments and sent them to the Senate. The Senate modified these 17 to only eleven amendments. In addition, the Senate also added one that later became the Ninth Amendment. By 1791, the final of the ten amendments were ratified and became what is known as the Bill of Rights. In conclusion, Madison's supreme contribution was in switching the dispute toward an accommodation of "shared sovereignty" between the state and national governments during the validation of the Constitution. He also fixed freedom issues among the people with the creation of the Bill of Rights. These large accomplishments prove that he was very important in the framing of the Constitution and the Bill of