John Roche’s article on the writing of the constitution shows that the founding fathers were more democratic than what is commonly believed today. The principles of the Constitution were not based to preserve elite power, but on the different state interests. The founders were acting on the behalf of the people that they represented. Even though the founders each had their own agenda’s, they had to compromise in order to form the constitution.
It was Madison’s Virginia plan got the group moving toward a new document that preferred national power and authority to punish states. Although he initially got approval for his plan, smaller states did not agree and Madison had to relax his nationalist point of view and ended up compromising.
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