Why did the founding fathers or framers write the constitution?

Answer 1

Before our founding fathers declared indipendence, acts, such-as the stamp act, the tea act, the intolorable acts ect., made the some of the colonist very upset, including the founding fathers. These acts are what caused the Revolutionary War. When the Revolutionary War was over, (which the U.S. obviously won) the colonies (now states actualy) became disorganized, nearly on the verge of anarchy. The Continintal Congress decided that a document was needed to unite the states more solidly. So they started writing the Constitution. When they wrote the Constitution, they did not want to be like England and make the same mistakes. So they looked at all the acts that started this whole thing and based a large portion on rights on not allowing anthing remotely resem-bling the acts. So in nutshell, the Constitution was written the way it was because the United States did not want to be like England. There is more to it, but that would take an entire text-book to fit al the information in.

Answer 2

ed the Articles of Confederation had proved themselves to be inadequate to the task of providing stable government to the states. Debts could not be paid, trade could not be maintained and rebellions could not be put down. The country was falling apart and something had to be done. Michael Montagne Also, you might check out

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Answer 3

They wrote the Constitution so that they would have rules to govern and control the growing countries. The articles of confederation were too general to keep the new country together. It would have been too hard to revise the articles of confederation so they started from scratch.

Answer 4

There were several reasons, but primarily it was that The Articles of Confederation were ineffective and provided for no real central government. It was similar to a Mayor/Council city government in which the Mayor is the ranking member of the City Council, but has no real Mayoral authority. Many of the States ended up owing large amounts of money to the Confederation after the Revolutionary War, and during the war it was hard for the Confederation to enforce troop quotas from the States let alone get money from them. The government under The Articles of Confederation ran pretty much like it would today if the Congress (The Senate and House of Representatives) alone were the Government. I have read 'The Federalist Papers'(by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under pseudonymns) twice, but if another perspective is desired, there is the counter-point in 'The Anti-Federalist Papers' as well. There was a lot of oppostion to a strong central government, and that's one of the reasons they made such a strong effort to ensure there were checks and balances on each branch of the government to prevent aristocratic and tyrannical forms from ascending to power. That is the reason The House of Representatives and one third of The Senate are elected (or re-elected) every two years, a President every four, and Supreme Court and other Federal Judges appointed for life on 'good behavior'. These are only a few, but 'The Federalist Papers' is a very good source of more information,reasoning and rationale. The copy I have includes The Declaration of Independance, The Articles of Confederation, and The Constitution with all the Amendements, and a comprehensive subject index.

Answer 5

The Articles of Confederation were proving unsatisfactory as a basis for a national government. A constitutional Convention was called to propose amendments to improve the Articles of Confederation. However, the Delegates to the Convention concluded that the Articles could not be salvaged and an entirely new document was needed. Therefore they wrote what is not the US Constitution, submitted it to Congress for approval. Congress approved it and submitted it to the states for ratification.

Answer 6

The founding fathers decided to write the constitution so that future leaders of America would have rules they would have to abide by. Without a constitution, the president could do anything he wanted.

Answer 7

the founding fathers created a new constitution because their old government while set up to prevent a monarchy allowed the nation to do almost nothing and, the individual states could do whatever they wanted. so they needed a stronger government.

Answer 8

why did the "founding father"or"framers" write the constitution

Answer 9

To strengthen the new nation.