• How Did The Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?

Preventing Tyranny In the summer of 1787, fifty-five delegates representing twelve of the thirteen states met in Philadelphia to fix the national government to prevent tyranny, but what went wrong in the first place? Most of the participants were wealthy, all white, and were male. New Hampshire was not able to show until July. Rhode Island chose the option to not to show at all. The problem with the current Articles of Confederation at that time was that there was no chief executive, no court system, and not even a way for the central government to force the states to pay taxes! A new constitution, creating a stronger government, was necessary if the new nation was to hold together. How did the constitution guard against tyranny? The Constitution
One of these forms is by using a system that was named Federalism. Federalism is basically another word for compound government. Federalism is also known as the division of power between the central and state government. An example of this is that; the compound government provides security to the people who also have provided checks and balances. James Madison also supports this by providing a couple quotes from the Federalist Paper #51; “In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate governments.” Also, he stated that, “The different governments will control each other, while each will be controlled by itself.”. These quotes in themselves state furthermore that Federalism helped protect against Tyranny all throughout history. All in all, federalism allows to apply protection against tyranny by distributing the
In the senate, each state has an equal amount of say no matter what that state’s size is. In the house of representatives, the bigger or larger that state is, the more representatives that state can have. In Article 1, Section 2, the Constitution states that, “Representatives…shall be appointed…according to…(population)…. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative; and until (a census is taken within three year) the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island… one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.” Also, in Article 1, Section 3, the constitution states that, “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislatures thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.” The small state – large state compromise helps protect from the enemy of all – tyranny – by making sure that each state has an equal amount of say in the senate, and the larger states (hence the title) have more say in the House of