Tuesday, October 4, 2011

a peoples history

It starts with talking about the men, our Founding Fathers, who created the Constitution.  They created a new Government, but it was still the same people who were in charge from the colonies.  The laws were made by the rich, and the large middle class did not feel that they were represented as they should be.  The laws were made by wealthy, white, Protestant men.  The average working man was not happy.  Most people in the population did not feel that the government was fair because the only people.  The only people who had money for campaigning were the ones who were already rich so the cycle was extremely hard to break for the people who did not have money.  The constitution was originally meant for everybody to be equal, but everyone who was not a white male landowner did not receive equal representation in the government and could not vote.  With a few additions, the constitution has seen to it that everyone is equal and it has lasted this long with success so it must be a pretty good document to base our country on.2zgbzuf.jpg

Did the Founding fathers anticipate immediate problems with their decision of who is "we the people"?

Why did they create a government that was, in their eyes, fair but did represent the majority of the population?

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