The founding fathers had to go through lots of decision-makings, before arriving to what makes up the political system we have today. There were made attempts and crucial decisions in effect in the early 1770's. One of the main concerns the American people was, what type of government they were going to live in. Hoping that it would be a government that would not use oppression, high taxation laws, and abuse civil rights. Also, being able to participate on the decisions that are being decided on legislation and as well as who would better represent them was key interests. In other words the American people wanted to live in what it is today a democratic government.
There were two important documents that were able to supplement each other the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. However, the Constitution was more a Democratic system than the Articles of Confederation. Government power was a concern within the colonies after the liberation from the British Government in the early 1770's. American's believed on having state institutions rather than a national government. Due to the uncentralized government the British had upon its people, American's believed that a central government should be maintained weak and t
hen enforce state own power. This was also in response to the tyrannical government they had lived in.
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