Did the Constitution establish a Just Government? When our founding fathers came together to construct a Constitution that would establish a government that could serve the people, they outlined their overall goals of this Constitution within the Preamble. The first task listed in this famous preliminary statement is to “establish Justice.” The position of this objective within the Constitution demonstrates just how significant Justice is to a government. Justice is a principle that demands equality for all in their opportunity, rights, and in a court of law. A just government would ensure minority rights and limit its power so that it cannot become too powerful. However, our Constitution does not do these things to the extent that it could be considered just. The original document denied a minority group equality by directly supporting slavery, allowed congress nearly unlimited power through the necessary and proper clause, and contains the Supreme Court, an institution that goes against the spirit of democracy. Therefore, the Constitution did not establish a just government. Slavery, at the time of the writing of the Constitution, was on a decline. People began to recognize the practice as immoral and the demand for slaves began to spiral downward. Slaveholders feared that slavery would become abolished and they would lose money on their investments into slaves so they lobbied for the protection of slavery. These influential slaveholders, who were often politicians from
Primarily, the slaves took a great proportion of the development of economy at that century. If there were no existence of slavery, the economy of America would not be so rapidly. Secondly, considering from the political aspect, at the beginning of establishing United States, the South slave owners played a significant role in the politic, thus the slavery related to the South slave owners also needed to be reserved. And slave owners required lots of slaves to develop their economy and gain money, thus slaves were indispensable for them. So they supported that implementing the slavery in the Newlands. However, the Northern people were developing capitalism. And in order to develop their economy, the slavery was an obstacle on their development. Because of free labor, commodity market and raw material were required. Thus, the North-South contradiction became more and more intensive. The constitution concerned to keep the peace and ease contraction between north-south
I believe the Founding Fathers were justified in rebelling against the British Government and declaring war. It all started prior to the French and Indian war (1756-1763), the colonists possessed substantial self-reliance and liberty. Following the conflict, the British Empire strongly challenged the self-reliance and liberty, and also resolved that the colonists directly pay taxes into the imperial chest to help reduce the huge debt from the war.
Slavery has been a widespread practice for decades, before slowly disappearing. In the period from 1776 to 1852 there was both opposition and approval for slavery in the United States. However, underlying forces such as change in religious morals, the rise of abolition groups and the abolition movement, and support in the black community contributed to growing opposition over slavery in this period. Change in religious morals was probably one of the major causes for growing opposition to slavery. People were beginning to use Christian ideals to support the stance that all men were created equal, as stated in the Declaration of Independence that was signed in 1776 when the nation was first founded.
The United States would lose its name and stand divided if the Constitution did not bring the thirteen colonies into one body. Within this governing body, fears arise from the difficulty of controlling power in a central government, while still trying to keep unity between the states. Understanding that the United States was formed based on the people’s irritation with the corruption of the control of power in England, the Constitution reassured the people that their freedoms were going to be kept, but it required their trust. The founders of the United States Constitution established a just government through encompassing equal representation, with the people as the foundation, and protecting the injustices that could arise with the misuse of power.
Whether or not the 1787 Constitution created a just government remains a prevailing question in today’s society. One must first ask what a “just” government would look like. In order to be categorized as “just,” the said government must remain fair and equal in all points that it mentions. In no way can that government give a greater chance at opportunities to select citizens based on race, sex, religion, or other factors. The government must also uphold their guarantee to the citizens that they shall do everything in their power to support and protect the inalienable rights promised to each individual. From these things, one can conclude that the Constitution was not only successful in creating a solid government, but also one that was just. The Constitution established this by ensuring that all citizens hold equal rights whether they are part of the majority or minority, by giving citizens the ability to pick their own representatives, and by creating a process of checks and balances that was interdependent on the three branches of government, as well as the people.
The constitution is a plan of government that lasted for over 200 years, it was a strong foundation that had room for flexibility. It was written in May of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to replace the Articles of Confederation, the former plan of U.S government. Tyranny is the control of all power by one person or group. The colonists believed that King hb
The constitution guarded against tyranny by giving us federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and large vs. small states. The constitution was written in Philadelphia in the year of 1787. This established America’s national government and fundamental laws
Slavery in the United States was a driving force of the economy from the inception of our nation until the mid nineteenth century. Enslaved peoples in the United States endured trials and tribulations that we today cannot fathom. Enslaved peoples were taken from their homes, separated from their loved ones, boarded onto ships and packed together like pigs headed for slaughter. One would wonder if death was actually more humane than what those people endured. Not everyone was a supporter of slavery in America. John Adams, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Abraham Lincoln were known abolitionists who opposed slavery in the United States. “Abolition was a radical, interracial, movement, one which addressed the entrenched problems exploitation and disenfranchisement in a liberal democracy and anticipated debates over race, labor, and empire.” In January of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved peoples in the southern states that had seceded from the Union. There have been abolition movements in the United States dating as far back as the eighteenth century. For abolition to work abolitionists needed the support of congress, be it to the chagrin of southern states where slavery was still a cultural norm, it did not gain traction early on. From abolitionists issuing pamphlets and writing plays and poems to bring awareness and solidify their cause for the abolishment of slavery, abolition had gained traction
List 4 principles found in the U.S. Constitution that have scriptural origins and cite the specific Bible verses upon which they are
In this DBQ The following question to be answered is how did the constitution guard against tyranny. To answer that question, I have to read the following documents A, B, C & D. After that proceed to cite textual evidence while evaluating the questions. First, I had to answer the background questions. My thesis statement is that they guarded tyrannies from the constitution by using federalism & framers. In Philadelphia may 1787 the constitution was written. During that time two of the weaknesses of the articles of confederation were no chief executive & no court system. James
The first issue was abolitionist movement wanted to end slavery and that was because colonist in the North didn’t want slaves to be part of the society unlike the colonist in the South. With that going on it started to divide the country really bad, by the 1830s many settlers was saying that slavery was a good thing and a lot of other settlers didn’t believe that. As time went the country grew worse and worse by the da, until eventually segregated by the settlers who want slaves and who didn’t, another reason would be that slaves were counted as three-fifths of a vote for the purpose of population and representation in the House of Representatives. The Constitution also prohibited the importation of slaves that begin in 1808, but have to manage without using the words slave or slavery. The last reason is that with the improvements of the cotton grin and the sewing machine increased the demand of slave labor in the US especially in the South. The
Slavery had always been a part of American politics, as early as the Declaration of Independence there was discussion of slavery. The clause in question was the one condemning King George for the slave trade, yet was removed before the final draft as the framers recognized the hypocrisy of such an act. Nevertheless, up until the 19th century, most people, at least in the North, believed that slavery would die out naturally, so there wasn’t much political focus on actively fighting it. Tobacco and other cash crops were becoming less and less profitable as time went on and most thought slavery would fall to the wayside as they did. Then Eli Whitney perfected the cotton gin and to the throne ascended King
Slavery was not fully addressed in the Constitution, in fact the word slavery was not mentioned in the constitution. There different sections in the constitution that prevent the government's involvement with slavery. Some may say that if government had the power to ban slavery the Southern states would refuse unite with the Northern states. It seems that the framers of the Constitution were trying to keep the South happy in order to keep the country United. The framers had no way to avoid slavery at that time, they did what they needed to do in order to keep the country together.
In the year of 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia to write the Constitution. Tyranny, a type of government with an absolute ruler, was a fear. There was a compound of two governments during this time. The two parts of government were the central government, and the state government which divided the powers (Document A).
The Constitution of the United States of America was the solution to fix the weaknesses that Articles of Confederation had caused the United States. The Constitution not only helped the United States gain more power but it also unified the states and creates a sense of nationalism. The Constitution eradicated any justification that the United States was weak and inferior. However, there are some constituents of the constitution that suggests that the constitution is not as honorable as it may seem. To what extent is the Constitution of the United States a “repressive” document? Certain aspects of the constitution exhibit how the authors of the constitution