A People's History of The United States

The first part of this article mainly discusses the opinion of Charles Beard. He expresses his view that the wealthy , to protect their own interest have to in someway control the government. Beard also makes the point going back that the country was made mostly from wealthy men and their ideas. He also suggests the idea that the government out of greed when he states that most if the makers if the Constitution had economic interest in creating a strong federal government. Slaves, indentured servants, women, and men without property were not represented in the Constitutional Convention, so does that mean that he agrees that the constitution should and can be ratified? He also mentions that the founding fathers better understood economics because they were wealthy men? Some men that were wealthy did not support the ratification of the Constitution, however I still have to wonder if the founding fathers took poorer and the middle class into a lot of consideration. Do you think Jefferson would still agree with his opinion that a rebellion about every 20 years is healthy for the government today? Or are these rebellions more like peaceful protests which do happen in this time and age? Later in the article it says that Hamilton made the suggestion that the president and senators should serve for life. What are some of the advantages of having a president and senator serve for life? Also in Hamilton's plan he seems to give a lot of power to the state legislature, why didn't Hamilton think that the power was too great? It also said that a major problem at the time was the gap between rich and poor, it described that those who had land had wealth and power, while those who didn't own land were poor and didn't have a say. Do you think the founding fathers successfully took all classes into  consideration when creating the constitution? What are some con's to ratifying the constitution? In federalist paper #63 i was curious why it says that the senate will help people from their own delusions, which doesn't make much sense because what they were creating was a government by the people for the people, so who did they believe were delusional, poor people, people without land or wealth? It stated that only 3% of the population was considered wealthy, but that was who was creating the government so much of the majority wasn't represented. Why would the first amendment be abridged? How could 10 people be put in jail when  it was obviously unconstitutional, was a judicial branch fully formed at this point?  When people rebelled against the tax on liquor why did Hamilton set troops on them, did he not agree with Jefferson who believed that rebellion  every once in awhile is good?

Do you think rebellions are the same as they once were?

Even though we live in a capitalist country most people stay in the same class of wealth, what do you think can be done to help the poor and middle class to succeed?