Creation of the American Constitution :: American America History

Creation of the American ConstitutionA organization is the court-ordered structure of our political system, establishing establishmental bodies, determining how their members are s take, andprescribing the rules by which they make their decisions.The nations founders, fifty-five men, met in Philadelphia in the summerof 1787 to write a new constitution and to form a new government. GeorgeWashington was take chairman of the convention.The founders were allvery well-educated. Over half the delegates had collage degrees, which wasrare in the North American continent at that time.They also had experience in governing. More than forty of the delegatesheld high offices in state governments, including three who were governors.The founders believed in the idea that the purpose of government was theprotection of individual life, liberty and property.Following the election of George Washington as president of the convention,Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented a draft of a newco nstitution .The Virginia formulate proposed a two house legislature. A lowerhouse directly elected by the people of the states based on the population,and an upper house elected by the lower house.The congress was to havebroad legislative power ,with veto over laws passed by state legislatures.The President and cabinet would be elected by legislature. The nationaljudiciary would be elected by legislature , and their would be a Councilof Revision with power to veto laws of relative.Delegates from bracing Jersey , New York and Delaware did not agree to theVirginia Plan due to the great power delegated to the national government.William Paterson of New Jersey submitted a counterproposal .The New JerseyPlan proposed a one-house legislature, with tint state representationregardless of population. Congress had some legislative power, includinglevying some taxes and the regulation of commerce.The plan also proposedseparate executive and judicial branches , elected by Congress andremov able by petition from majority of state governors.The judiciary was ordained by the chief executive .The plan also included the triumphclause , stating that the Constitution and federal laws would supersedeover state constitutions and laws .After several months of debate , Roger Sherman of Connecticut came forwardwith a compromise.The Connecticut Compromise proposed a two-houselegislature , with numerical representation in the directly elected Houseand equal state representation in the indirectly elected Senate. It alsogave Congress broad legislative power, including the power to levy taxesand to regulate commerce . It proposed a single executive , chosen by anElectoral College .The judiciary would be appointed by the president andconfirmed by the Senate .It also included the Supremacy Clause.