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Currently the Constitution of the United States, which was ratified in the year 1787, is the oldest government still in use today. To create the Constitution each state sent a representative to Philadelphia to the Constitutional Convention. ... The reason the men at the Constitutional Convention wrote the new plan of government for the United States of America the way they did was because they had distrust in the nature of men and distrust in men all together.
The first example that the Constitution was written on the basis of distrust of man is found in the type of government that was decided upon. ...
Another perfect example of why the Constitution was written on the basis of distrust is a look at how many of the offices in the government were originally filled. ... This attitude is displayed throughout the Constitution in the different ways officials were elected.
The framers of the Constitution created an Electoral College to actually vote for the president instead of the masses. The decision to have the Electoral College choose the president and not the people was made because the framers of the Constitution felt that the average man was not educated enough to make a good decision on who should be president. ... Framers also made a clause in the Constitution in case the President decides to do nothing with a bill. ...
Based on experiences they had with Parliament and the King of England, the framers of the Constitution made it impossible for a small group of elites to take over the government of the United States.
Approximate Word count = 1159
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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