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Charles Beard

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Charles Beard
An Economic interpretation of the constitution of the United States.
The Free Press New York
1865

The subject – The Economics that drove the way to constitution was written. Now the people there were influenced by their monetary issues of the time. And how it affected what people stood for and how they portrayed it when the constitution was written. Also how it was written to protect American Interests and property that was held by the members of the delegation.
The scope – That the constitution instead of being written for the sake of liberty, lite, the pursuit of happiness, it was a work drawn up by run consolidated economics groups to protect their money, public securities, trade and shipping as well as manufacturing. These economics group stared the move for the Philadelphia convention, that wrote the original constitution . They also dominated the state convention to get the constitution ratified. It is suggested that people with a substantial property interest and agreed with the constitution but those small farmers, and debtors opposed it. Which created the crucial problem in getting it ratified. But the people who would eventually benefit from it eventually won out and gained the ratification of the constitution.
The other interesting aspect of the constitution and it’s ratification was the property qualifications for voting and holding office which excluded the masses, the document was original supposed the protect. These allowed it to be ratified in the purpose to control and check the democratic majority and allow the walk and owners to maintain their ideals and also those money and trading and manufacturing assets....

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