American National Politics

Running head : AMERICAN CONSTITUTION

Compromise in the American Constitution

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COMPROMISE IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION

The United States Constitution is a bundle of compromises mainly because there were contending groups during its early stages of conceptualization and even during its formation . On one side , there were those who criticized the first constitution of America - the Articles of Confederation - for lacking several key provisions and adjustments that could give the government more power . Those who were for the reformation of the Articles and for the creation

of a stronger national government are called the federalists . On the other hand , there were also those who feared that giving the national government too much power may result to the infringement on the welfare of the individual citizens of the country . Those who opposed the endowment of wider powers to the national government would later on accept the compromise of securing a Bill of Rights ' so that the government especially the Congress will not make laws that violate the rights of the citizens

Apparently , the Bill of Rights came to be the first manifestation of a compromise that sought to resolve the contending issues at that time While the Articles of Confederation was later on replaced by the United States Constitution , the Constitution did not entirely survive the years without plenty of changes to it . Part of the reason to it is the fact that there was a fear at the time that granting the national government full powers would...