Guided Readings: Conflict over Ratifying the Constitution

Questions for Discussion

1. Why did opponents object to the Constitution?
2. How did supporters of the Constitution defend the new plan of government?
3. Which quotations do you find most persuasive—those that argue that the Constitution represents a threat to the liberties of the people and an attempt to impose aristocratic rule or those that argue that the Constitution gives expression to republican values?

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