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Charles Beard

            
             An Economic interpretation of the constitution of the United States.
            
            
             The subject - The Economics that drove the way to constitution was written. Now the people there were influenced by their monetary issues of the time. And how it affected what people stood for and how they portrayed it when the constitution was written. Also how it was written to protect American Interests and property that was held by the members of the delegation.
             The scope - That the constitution instead of being written for the sake of liberty, lite, the pursuit of happiness, it was a work drawn up by run consolidated economics groups to protect their money, public securities, trade and shipping as well as manufacturing. These economics group stared the move for the Philadelphia convention, that wrote the original constitution . They also dominated the state convention to get the constitution ratified. It is suggested that people with a substantial property interest and agreed with the constitution but those small farmers, and debtors opposed it. Which created the crucial problem in getting it ratified. But the people who would eventually benefit from it eventually won out and gained the ratification of the constitution.
             The other interesting aspect of the constitution and it's ratification was the property qualifications for voting and holding office which excluded the masses, the document was original supposed the protect. These allowed it to be ratified in the purpose to control and check the democratic majority and allow the walk and owners to maintain their ideals and also those money and trading and manufacturing assets.
            


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Based upon the fundamental ideals described by Locke and Madison, Charles Beard, in his essay Framing the Constitution, asserts that the framers of our Constitution were anxious, above everything else, to protect the rights of private property against any leveling tendencies on the part of the property less people. Beard argues that the Constitution was essentially an economic document based upon the concept that the fundamental private rights of property are anterior to government and morally beyond the reach of popular majorities. ...

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3. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution

In 1913, Charles A. ... In his thesis, Charles Beard leaves out crucial claims presented by Madison in Federalist No. 10, which explains the Framer's reasoning for the emphasis on economics in the Constitution, ultimately undermining the validity of Beard's claim that the Framer's personal economic interests influenced the outcome of the Constitution. ... Beard claims that Madison believes "the theories of government which men entertain are emotional reactions to their property interests" (Beard 121). ... Beard uses Federalist No. 10 in order to show us that "th...

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Charles A. Beard wrote An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Published in 1913, Charles Beard interpretation of the constitution is that the Constitution as adopted by the delegates meeting in independence Hall at Philadelphia in 1787 represented a triumph. Much of Beards work had been influenced by reading Edwin Seligman's the Economic Interpretation of History. ... Beard's interests was to show the founding fathers were fully aware of economic realities, and he admired them for it. ...

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8. Historiography - The Study of History

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