I am writing for the Federalists and will talk about a proposal for the ratification of the Constitution. The Articles of Confederation has both its strengths and weaknesses. A Strength would be that the government passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which allowed the Northwest Territories to organize their own governments. It has also banned slavery from the region. A weakness of the Confederation would be that the congress had no power to coin money; therefore each state developed its own currency. Shays rebellion stopped the collection of taxes and forced the closing debtors’ courts thus showing the weakness of the Articles of confederation. This made people think they needed a stronger government, which led to the Constitutional Convention being held in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation. The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia 25th of May to the 17th of September 1787. Since a number of delegates wanted a new government and system altogether, they constructed an entirely new government to what it is today. Compromises were made almost every day, but one of the big ones were the Great or Connecticut Compromise allowing for different representations in the House and Senate. It combined both the idea of The New Jersey Plan and The Virginia Plan so both large and small states were happy about it. The Federalists were in favor for the Constitution and believed that it did not require an extra Bill of rights because they believed that the human rights were universally understood. While they feared a weak government, they strive to create a strong central government to compromise. They believed that if the Constitution did not specifically say the government couldn’t do something then they could do it. For example the national bank started by Alexander Hamilton. Since he believed that a bank was good for the country and the constitution did not say that the government did not have the power to start a bank,
