RE: Founding fathers view of government
March 19, 2021 at 4:44 pm
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2021 at 4:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Not at all. There were things that the colonists wanted from their government. They had recently lost massive subsidies for business and immigration, things they explicitly cited in the declaration, for example. This was the grievance that instigated our independence (and it wasn't just an american thing - at the time).
A strong federal government was believed to be necessary to provide (and a weak federal government seen to be imbecilic in the face of the demands of society), and not just those things over which a new nation was made......but all of the other things which we might one day find need of a government to organize. A future in which they very much saw the us spreading from sea to shining sea and becoming a global superpower. A capacity to provide for future contingencies.
They were certainly mistrustful of poor governance - which they believed george's reign to be a demonstration of. They wanted a better government that provided or protected or gauranteed more of those things they either needed or valued or desired.
A strong federal government was believed to be necessary to provide (and a weak federal government seen to be imbecilic in the face of the demands of society), and not just those things over which a new nation was made......but all of the other things which we might one day find need of a government to organize. A future in which they very much saw the us spreading from sea to shining sea and becoming a global superpower. A capacity to provide for future contingencies.
They were certainly mistrustful of poor governance - which they believed george's reign to be a demonstration of. They wanted a better government that provided or protected or gauranteed more of those things they either needed or valued or desired.
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