PS 101 Lecture 1: Constitution

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 101
• Professor: Stephen Voss

Document Summary

We oversimplify major things such as the founding, the formation of ideas, etc: good guys v bad guys mentality. We are shown known as impoverished and abused: simplification- great man theory. Reality is grassroots: simplification- event bias. We the co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)"s fra(cid:373)ers sa(cid:373)e as (cid:862)the fou(cid:374)ders(cid:863) 27 yo jonathan dayton (b 1760); framer; 16 during war: 55 people in constitution; 6 were also at declaration signing. Motivations of the framers: external threats. British were still there in modern us territory and canada with lots of fortresses on border. Spain fell on hard times and grabbed territories during the rev war. French had ambitions to the west (along with the native americans) Coast not even safe with pirates, excellent british navy. Only militias existed; no army, navy, etc. Problems with the articles of confederation (read a lot like a treaty [eu doc]) (not technical but individuals thought of themselves as georgians or.