What major issues or ideological tensions did the debate over the Constitution reveal?
For this discussion, we will use:
—Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Argument (1788)
–an excerpt from The Federalist No. 51 by James Madison (1787)
–Chapter 7 of Give Me LIberty!
To address the following question:
What major issues or ideological tensions did the debate over the Constitution reveal?
In order to answer that larger question, our discussion will need to consider:
What were the major arguments against the Constitution put forth by the Anti-Federalists?
What were the major arguments in support of the Constitution put forth by the Federalists?
What were the events and historical circumstances that influenced each argument?
Remember to use the sources to support your statements. You now know that this is done by quoting the source. Also, quoting the primary sources gives your statements more weight because you’re interpreting the data or the evidence yourself, rather than relying on another historian (Foner) for that interpretation.
How much should I say?
Each student will have to post their own post before they respond to someone else. Your first post can address just one of the many issues relevant to the discussion. It should not be an effort to address ALL of the issues at hand.
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