Women's Rights Dbq

The founding fathers of the United States of America created a constitution, a plan for a government, to build, protect, and have an efficient society. There were many events and struggles that the people of the 13 states had to endure. The French and Indian War leading to the Declaration of Independence, because of Great Britain, and the Revolutionary War. The Articles of Confederation was the first form of government for the 13 states. It led the Continental Army to win the Revolutionary War, but it was not an efficient constitution for the people, politically or economically. Thus leading to Shay’s Rebellion. Daniel Shay, a former Continental Army captain, led a rebellion against the state enforcement because of the high taxes and economic …show more content…
Discrimination against colored people and different ethnicities is still a huge problem circulating. The equality of genders and skin colors is not equal. In the 1700’s women did not have a say in anything. Housework and bearing babies were the only thing seen as important when it came to women. But women over the years, have proven that thought to be wrong. Many riots and protests are because of the problems with how the society are handling these situations. Prejudice and injustice has affected many lives and shaped the way the people think of the nation. It has created hate and not much tranquility or uniting until something serious has happened to unite the people regardless of color or ethnicity. Social media and news platforms have a tendency to create a stereotype for certain ethnicities and some even create a negative image for the people of that ethnicity. Though writing on paper won’t change the way people think, the way the constitution has written,“all men are equal”, is not true. The word “men” is singling out the other people in the nation. If it were really to ensure that the people were created and treated equally, it should be substituted for a word best fit for the society for today. The government is a government for the people, not for all “men” created equally but for the people that were …show more content…
They held lectures of their dissent with the content in the constitution. Their reasons were ethical and later contributed to the amendments in the constitution after the ratification. One of the points that stood out the most was the fear of aristocracy. The matter of what they thought would be right or wrong, were set on different views. One against the other, majority ruled and in the society today it is still that way. The constitution has amendments and it is based on two/thirds rule.The problem is that, if the representative of that particular state is biased towards certain people and only target certain locations with a high population of certain people it can affect the way the people of that state has to say. Many high government officials are runned by money to stay in power. In order to stay in office and campaign to win against their opponents, officials have secretive meetings with wealthy business owners and elite people with money, to make deals to help the other out. In reality it is like the Roman Catholic church and the king, one with many followers to persuasive and money, the other with a title and in need of assistance to keep their position. It is power behind the “throne”. If the wealthy people give the official money and support, the official has to meet some kind of agreement in order to obtain the support from the elites. A trade of some sort, if it be an input in what