The Pros And Cons Of Ratifying The Constitution

The Constitution was written September 17, 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention which is also known as the Constitutional Convention. During the process of establishing the Constitution they faced many issues, which made it more challenging. There were many compromises that came into place, which also made it very challenging to establish the Constitution. Within all of this there were many men involved with getting the constitution ratified, this however caused ore issues trying to get the Constitution ratified. One issue that was involved in making it difficult to ratify the Constitution was citizens did not want the government to become way to powerful because they feared that the government would become too powerful and overrule the citizens. Also not having a Bill of Rights made it difficult to ratify the Constitution because citizens wanted rights that the government could not take from them. Another issue that was involved was the smaller states did not want to be overruled by the bigger states therefore they all got the same rights and it was fair in all sides. Slavery and representation …show more content…
The Connecticut Compromise which was also known as the Great Compromise, which was an agreement that large and small states reached during the convention that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have. Also the Slave Trade Compromise which congress would have the power to banned slave trade but not until 1800 and Southern states wanted others to return run-away slaves. Sixty percent of southern families had slaves and farmers needed them for workers in the fields and for farm hands. The men involved in writing the Constitution were very important in trying to get this Compromise and the Southern and Northern states to come to an agreement on this

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The Pros And Cons Of Ratifying The Constitution