Even though the United States struggles with the idea of democracy when they were deciding whether to make a new constitution, the United States soon learned how to become more supportive of the democratic system when creating constitution itself. This is proven when look at the Great Compromise because the representatives in the conference because it is giving the state and government power, not just one power. The Separation of Powers also supports the idea of a democratic system because having the 3 branches helps prevent from any group from having too much power.
The struggle of democracy when representatives were deciding whether to make a new constitution in the year 1787. This was shown in the calling of the convention when the people …show more content…
The great compromise shows proof of this. The great compromise happened in the composition of convention when the representatives were trying to think of a good government system. The first idea that came up was the Virginia Plan where there would be vote by population but some representatives felt that this would progress them nowhere as it was the same as Articles of Confederation. The representatives didn’t want the power to be completely by the state because that was the articles of confederation but didn’t want to do it just by the population. The representatives ended up compromising and picking a government system that votes by the state AND population. This is a symbol of democracy because the representatives came together to agree on combining both of these ideas as a majority, rather than one central power picking only the Virgina Plan or visa versa. The great compromise was the first step towards democracy. If one central power picked only the virgina plan, it would 've causes most representatives and citizen to be stuck in the same position with the article of confederation, where they ended up unhappy with the government situation. If this did happen, it might have resulted in another constitution being written which there would be no promises the following one would be great either. When aiming to be democratic, the most important thing is to be willing to compromise and find a middle ground. If this cannot be done, it will be hard to ever come to an agreement or to ever not be ruled by one central
The struggle of democracy when representatives were deciding whether to make a new constitution in the year 1787. This was shown in the calling of the convention when the people …show more content…
The great compromise shows proof of this. The great compromise happened in the composition of convention when the representatives were trying to think of a good government system. The first idea that came up was the Virginia Plan where there would be vote by population but some representatives felt that this would progress them nowhere as it was the same as Articles of Confederation. The representatives didn’t want the power to be completely by the state because that was the articles of confederation but didn’t want to do it just by the population. The representatives ended up compromising and picking a government system that votes by the state AND population. This is a symbol of democracy because the representatives came together to agree on combining both of these ideas as a majority, rather than one central power picking only the Virgina Plan or visa versa. The great compromise was the first step towards democracy. If one central power picked only the virgina plan, it would 've causes most representatives and citizen to be stuck in the same position with the article of confederation, where they ended up unhappy with the government situation. If this did happen, it might have resulted in another constitution being written which there would be no promises the following one would be great either. When aiming to be democratic, the most important thing is to be willing to compromise and find a middle ground. If this cannot be done, it will be hard to ever come to an agreement or to ever not be ruled by one central