The Revolutionary War was a battle between the British colonies of North America and King George III, the King of England, which spanned from 1765-1783. The Founding Fathers wrote, “…the purposes of government are to promote justice, to maintain peace at home, to defend the nation from foreign foes…. and, above all, to secure the ‘Blessings of Liberty’ for Americans,” (Ginsbery, 2015, pg. 29). The Constitution and Bill of Rights American in which citizens of the 21st century have grown up with was not the original idea our Founding Fathers created in the late 18th century. As the Constitution developed in the 18th century, debates started to emerge with the questions about where power should be concentrated within the government and the role
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The delegates, “recognizing that these issues were symptoms of fundamental flaws in the Articles of Confederation, the delegates soon abandoned the plan to revise the articles and committed themselves to a second founding,” (Ginsbery, 2015, pg. 38). One of the major debate emerged between Federalists and Antifederalists parties about how constitutional should be run and helped form the government we still see today. The Federalists, “tended to be property owners or merchants, while the Antifederalists were small farmers, shopkeepers and some state government officials… favored a strong national government and only elites would obtain government power (Anti-Federalist vs. Federalist). The Antifederalists favored retention of power by state government and protection of individual rights (Anti-Federalist vs. Federalist). The Federalist Party ended up coming out on top, as their ideas are the core of the American Constitution of the 21st …show more content…
However, this leads to another ongoing debate on what are the powers of the Supreme Court. Through the years the Supreme Court has come to different endings for how the Bill of Rights and the Articles will play out in shaping the American Government. In one case, McCulloch v Maryland (1819), “…which involved the question of whether Congress had the power to charter a national bank…” (Ginsbery, 2015 page 72). The Supreme Court decides to grant the power to Congress to have control over the banks. However, this leads to the abilities of the Supreme Court to interpretation the constitution and grant more power in the future to the different
The delegates, “recognizing that these issues were symptoms of fundamental flaws in the Articles of Confederation, the delegates soon abandoned the plan to revise the articles and committed themselves to a second founding,” (Ginsbery, 2015, pg. 38). One of the major debate emerged between Federalists and Antifederalists parties about how constitutional should be run and helped form the government we still see today. The Federalists, “tended to be property owners or merchants, while the Antifederalists were small farmers, shopkeepers and some state government officials… favored a strong national government and only elites would obtain government power (Anti-Federalist vs. Federalist). The Antifederalists favored retention of power by state government and protection of individual rights (Anti-Federalist vs. Federalist). The Federalist Party ended up coming out on top, as their ideas are the core of the American Constitution of the 21st …show more content…
However, this leads to another ongoing debate on what are the powers of the Supreme Court. Through the years the Supreme Court has come to different endings for how the Bill of Rights and the Articles will play out in shaping the American Government. In one case, McCulloch v Maryland (1819), “…which involved the question of whether Congress had the power to charter a national bank…” (Ginsbery, 2015 page 72). The Supreme Court decides to grant the power to Congress to have control over the banks. However, this leads to the abilities of the Supreme Court to interpretation the constitution and grant more power in the future to the different