The Importance Of Ratification Of The Constitution

In 1787, a convention was held for an infant nation in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Within the walls of this convention, 55 delegates changed the course of human history. These men tediously molded a document that would guide a newborn United States into its current future as global superpower two centuries later. After the United States Constitution was crafted, each of the delegates returned to their designated states where a vote was held to determine if this new, unfamiliar government would be ratified into existence (Jillson, pg. 31). One of the biggest debates over ratifying this constitution was the lack of guaranteed protection of its people. What would serve as the boundary line for its powers to prevent tyrannical oppression? (Bill of Rights Institute). The answer to this concern was a set of ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights. How did this bill come to be? Why was it added? Why wasn’t it included in the original document? These were all points that needed to be examined both at …show more content…
They cited fears that without clearly establishing individual rights, the federal government could easily supersede its power and become a monarchy with the President wearing the crown. This faction established against the ratification, known as the Anti-Federalists, wrote many series of essays opposite the writings of the framer’s and their supporters, the Federalists. One of the most popular writings of the Anti-federalists was “Hon. Mr. Gerry 's Objections", written by the Massachusetts delegate at the Philadelphia Convention, Elbridge Gerry. Gerry had actually been the voice that made George Mason’s Bill of Rights proposal a formal motion before the delegates, and his writings hammered the Constitution for its lack of foresight in guaranteeing the people’s freedoms with a Bill of Rights