This tie between the church and the state would ultimately cause some problems in the community. When you have stringent requirements for those holding office, the power ended up in the hands of families and groups causing a problem that James Madison would later address. ... When the Framers looked at Democracy they saw simple majority rule without checks and balances. ... The Democracy we speak of is this type of representative democracy that the Framers wanted to set up. ... The ground work that the Puritans and Framers laid allows us the freedom that we have today. ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6

For Madison, the problem of governing could be solved by having many smaller states as the governing political units. ... Madison says that there are two ways to solve the problem of factions, either to break them or solve their causes. ... While this proposal suggested making all key offices elective, the framers of the federation recognized the complexities of making certain offices elective. ... That solution formed another problem, the possibility of the tyranny of the majority. Madison solved all these key problems with formal institutions and considering the sociological structure of th...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A case of pluralism being thought about and expressed in America was shown when the framers of the American constitution feared the power that could be wielded by organised interests. ... To the framers, this problem posed a dilemma. ...

• Word Count: 1985
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate