nting slaves for population representation. Finally anti –slavery gave way to a 3/5’s Compromise, which allowed then to be partially counted. It was thought that the Legislative Branch would be the most powerful in government, but to even out the system the Executive Branch was given the power to Veto, and the Judicial Branch was given a power of review. All the basic powers of a modern and sovereign government were given to Congress. The United States was now a republic and didn’t give any special aristocratic titles of honor. With the new Constitution the states kept their jurisdiction on civil matters, but the Federal government had much more power on the individual himself in that they could act directly on a citizen regardless of the state authority. We are a new nation under the “United” States, not under the state we lived in.The new Constitution had great opposition from the Anti-Federalists who were from stronger states, in a better economy and then had no need for such extreme measures as a new Constitution. The Anti- Federalists were sure to point out all the Negative points of the Constitution. However, the Federalists used every communicative advantage they had with the press and better organization overall. Our founding fathers were of a higher intellectual level and used that to give a very intensive debate in our favor. The Father of our Country, James Madison along with Alexander Hamilton produced an argument through very extensive public literature that appeared in newspapers as The Federalist. The essays they wrote were crafty and well thought out, attacking every point of the Confederations feebleness, and the never forgot to include all the benefits and advantages for every aspect of society. Madison reassured the people greatly and helped them not to believe their interests had been forgotten and that despite what they may say about the balance of powers, he stated that they would not...
