Was The Us Constitution A Success Or Failure

The US Constitution was written by the Founding Fathers 230 years ago. They came together at the Philadelphia Convention to amend the Articles of Confederation, that had been a huge failure. The country was failing, because the states were not bound together and each had their own currency. The US was bankrupt, and there weren’t any other options than overthrowing the government, which led to a new constitution, the US Constitution as we know it today. The Constitution was a radical break from the past. The document consisted on what the Founding Fathers agreed and disagreed on, based on State of Nature. It was important to have these rules, because according to Hobbes, without a government, everyone would harm each other (Lacewing, n.d.) (Munro,

After the Act of Independence, the Articles of Confederation were written. This was the first constitution, but it was a big failure. Influential people came together at the Philadelphia Convention, to amend the articles. However, at the third convention , they decided to overthrow the government. So, the new constitution was written during a time of crisis, and if it had not been written fast, the country would not have survived (Creating a Constitution, 2012). The fact that it was written in this short time also meant that it did not solve all the problems. For example, the problem of slavery and state sovereignty remained unsolved, which later led to the civil war. (Creating a Constitution, 2012). This also meant that a lot of compromises were made, in order to satisfy everyone. Adding to this, the Bill of Rights, which is seen as the part of the Constitution that makes America a free land (Scalia, 2016), was added two years later, because during the convention the Founding Fathers wanted to go home (Creating a Constitution, 2012). Also, the Founding Fathers, who were going to be in charge of the country, wanted to split the power in to three branches, so that no one would have too much power, so apparently they did not even trust themselves, so why should we trust the Constitution? (Creating a Constitution,