The Constitution that was written at the convention in Philadelphia in 1787 was the product of much critical thinking and assessment of the state of affairs in the 1780s. Do you think the Constitution that we now live under was what the revolutionaries had in mind in the 1770s?
What was reflective of the Revolutionary Era? Were there any parts that signaled a move away from the original revolution’s ideology? If so, what were there? Why were they incorporated in the document?