America under its original national government was inadequate, The Articles of Confederation focused on a loose central government with most of the power belonging to the states. Our founding father believed we needed a stronger federal government and with the help of ideas from British philosophers, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke the creation of the U.S. Constitution came to be on September 17, 1787.
Thomas Hobbes did not believe in a democratic government instead he agreed with the idea that the government should have an absolute sovereign. In his famous, book “Leviathan” discussed his thoughts on how the government’s authority is necessary. The main reasoning behind this proposition was due to his belief that “in a state of nature men and
Thomas Hobbes did not believe in a democratic government instead he agreed with the idea that the government should have an absolute sovereign. In his famous, book “Leviathan” discussed his thoughts on how the government’s authority is necessary. The main reasoning behind this proposition was due to his belief that “in a state of nature men and