Understanding of American Constitution

Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction
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Introduction
The origins of the American constitution marked the first great political rivalry between the antifederalists and the federalists. The federalists were historians, including George Bancroft, John Fiske, and John McMaster (Landis, 1990). These historians dominated the Philadelphia convention to engineer the ratification that emerged after the Civil War. The federalists were after the union, which had been long lost during the revolutionary war. Additionally, due to the weaknesses of the articles, it was impossible to curb the problem of localism, which never facilitated democracy. As a result, the antifederalists who still exist in America to date still disseminates localism. The paper discusses the historical context of the origins of the US constitution. In addition, the paper expands on some of the major reasons why the federalists pushed for the ratification of the constitution.
Historical Context
The declaration of independence was signed in 1776 (Sunstein, 2003), which was not a law by itself; hence, a constitution was needed to create institutions and laws. The thirteen states united and ratified a ‘little constitution’ comprised of the Articles of Confederation, which existed for seven years (Sunstein, 2003). Under this ‘little constitution’, the young colonies suffered, which led to the American revolutionary war. Consequently, there were the federalists who focused on unity and equity.
According to Madisonian federalism, the Philadelphia Convention, which included a group of federalist historians, broke their silence to put across their deliberations (Edling, 2003). The group wanted “to form a perfect Union” (Edling, 2003). First, however, the deliberations had to go through a process of decision-making, which resulted in ratification. Then, it was done through public debate to make adoption a legitimate process (Dry, 1987).
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