Ratification of the Constitution

      It was extremely difficult to ratify the Constitution because of various reasons. The concerns of those that opposed the new form of government effected it. Also, those concerns were dealt with in a way, that it eventually got accepted.

      In paragraph 2, it states that articulate men used newspapers, pamphlets, and public meetings to debate the ratification of the Constitution. With them spreading their viewpoint, it made others aware of their feelings towards it. These people, known as Antifederalists, opposed the Constitution for many different reasons. In paragraph 3, the article says that some of them argued that the delegates in the Philadelphia had exceeded their congressional authority by replacing the Articles of Confederation with an illegal new document. Another common opposition was that the Constitution gave too much power to the central government at the expense of the states and that a representative government could not manage a republic this large.

      Then those concerns were dealt with in a way that it was eventually accepted. Booyah. Most criticism was successfully countered. In article 5, it says that federalists argued that a catalogued list might be incomplete and that the national government was so constrained by the Constitution that it posed no threat to the rights of citizens. One other major way the concerns were dealt with was with the Bill of Rights. During the ratification debate in Virginia, James Madison said that the Bill of Rights was needed, and all the federalists stated to the public that the first step of the new government would be to adopt the Bill of Rights.

No Government??

       A government is defined as a system of polity in a state that forms fundamental rules/principles that a nation/state is governed. It sets policies through laws, customs and institutions. 

       The government can be classified into a few different types. Democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, republic, and aristocracy are a few examples. A democracy is a system of a government by the whole population or all the eligible members of the state. Monarchy is a form of government with a monarch at the head. A dictatorship is a country governed by a dictator. Republic is a state in while supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives. The last one is an aristocracy, which is a form of government in which power is held by the nobility. 

       A life without a government would be chaotic. Laws and authorities would not be found. Crime would increase drastically because there would be no police and no armies. No police means no jail, and no jail means criminals would go unpunished. Without government people would not be able to receive a proper education. Without an education, people would not be able to survive or get a decent job. 

       I think humans organized governing bodies because if they didn't, there would be no foundation for living. We wouldn't have schools to get a proper education, health care, insurance, and security to keep the people safe.