Ratification Of The Constitution

Out of all the documents that laid the foundation of our nation's history, the most respected and revered is the Constitution. It outlines the structure of our entire political system and represents the freedom of America in the eyes of many citizens. But just how democratic is the Constitution, and what events led to its drafting and eventual ratification? Was the Constitution created in order to form a more perfect union for the average citizen, or did the Founding Fathers have other, ulterior motives for writing it? The Constitution's conception can be viewed from numerous perspectives, including democratic, hyperpluralist, economic, and political standpoints. Though all such points of view have a certain degree of validity to them, the
Founding Fathers were primarily driven to draft the Constitution because of the political pressures being exerted on the country at the time, the Founders' bias toward the upper class, and their determination to maintain the dominance of the political elite over the common people.