Can u help me with this government assignment?

Question

O.k, so pretend your a Federalist from that era when the US was deciding to ratify the Constitution. Name some reasons/why you would want the Constitution to be ratified.

Answer 1

1.) Assumption of debts. The constitution provides that the Federal Government will assume the state's debts from the Revolutionary war, which at the time were crushing the states.

2.) Full faith and credit. Imagine trying to set up a nationwide business, and having to incorporate in every state in which you do business.

3.) Effective federal government. The government from the Articles of Confederation was completely impotent. Without an effective central government, there would not be a United States for long.

Answer 2

The government under the Articles of Confederation was extremely weak, unable to operate effectively because the States had been unwilling to yield up enough of their own power to the national government. (It is completely wrong to assert that the government was taking on dictatorial aspects, as one uninformed respondent wrongly suggests; it was quite the contrary.) The government relied on basically voluntary payments from the States, which the States argued over and generally resisted paying. The Executive Branch was too powerless to handle any of the problems, like Native American uprisings, European incursions, and domestic civil disturbances, that the country was facing during the 1780s.

There was also a very practical reason that the Articles needed to be dispensed with. One of the Articles provided that Canada could join as a State, if it wanted to join us in rebelling against England. This naturally didn't sit very well with England. Part of our peace arrangement with England at the end of the Revolutionary War required that we discard that provision, which remained in force until the Articles were retired in favor of the Constitution.

I would recommend you look up the Federalist Papers, which is a collection of essays written by three of the leading advocates of the Constitution (including James Madison, who was its main author) that they published in New York newspapers to urge the State of New York to ratify the Constitution. The book in its entirety is probably too much for you, but you might research it or just thumb through, and you're bound to come up with reasons that will impress any history or government teacher.

Answer 3

During that time, it appears that the Government was developing into a dictatorship style of Governing. More of their policies were contrary to freedom and liberty, too many restrictions. Thus, by making amendments to the Constitution, Federalist was able to secure, in writing, freedom and liberty... and by doing so, would prevent this great country of ours from becoming another dictatorship...

In short, if you focus on policies and how they negatively affected our liberties, you probably will find many reasons as to why ratification was needed. Ratification helps restore ideologies of freedom and how it should be expressed...

Answer 4

because we needed a strong central government to solve disputes and what not, and the checks and balances system lets us know that the government will not get too powerful, and the AofC never did much for anyone, it just caused disputes and stuff