1. The Constitution and the Rights of Slaves
The Constitution, proposed by James Madison at the convention in Philadelphia in 1787 sought to establish a better set of governing principles for the United States. ... Another change that the Constitution brought was the concept of federalism, which set up a division of powers between the national and state governments. ... Therefore, the national government enforced the laws created by the state majority and what was not explicitly stated was given to the states to decide. The new concept of federalism brought by the Constitution brought a just government for the states. The opposition ar...
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