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It was ten years after the Revolutionary War and America’s new independence. Fifty-five men, the average age of around 42, sat in a room, with a great task before them. “Never had there been an assembly more respectable for talents, knowledge, disinterestedness, and patriotism”, observed one man and another described them as “an assembly of demigods.” These men would later become known as “The Framers”, or rather the founders of one of the most important documents in United States History, the Constitution. These “Framers”, however, did not draft this document without any division. Over the next few days, these men would have several heated debates on important issues that would be the practices and principle of our government today. These debates would not be based entirely on reason, but also on politics, which is the art and science of control. By careful examination of these conflicts and both point of views, the politics and political interests become very apparent. The first major compromise of the Convention was in representation. Madison had proposed the Virginia Plan, which divided Congress into two houses, the House of Representatives and the House of Senate. He believed that representation of the states in each House should be done proportionally. He argued that a government that’s job is to represent the people should represent them accurately and give larger number of people a greater voice. Others, however, argued that representation should be equal. They did not think that one state should overpower the other. They also didn’t believe the smaller states would ratify the Constitution if they weren’t given equal power.
Approximate Word count = 1022
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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