1. Reading 6.1 shows the economic status of the Constitution’s framers, describing them as elites. Typically, they were wealthy businessmen, lawyers, slave owners, and landowners. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington are a few examples of these people. Reading 6.2 shows the framers were mainly apart of the real property holding class, which included small farmers, manorial lords, and plantations that kept slaves. To protect their advantages in politics and the economy, these people had a stake in the Constitution’s development. As in reading 6.2, the classes excluded from the Constitutional process were women, indentured servants, slaves, and those who were ineligible to vote.

2. In the readings, the social class structure of early American society is different from society as of today. Neglected communities were left out, and the framers of the Constitution belonged to an exclusive class of landowners. The social and economic status is now determined by a wider variety of details, such as education, and occupation.

3. The framers were afraid of democracy because they feared the working may have an impact on laws that would go against the wealthy class’s financial interests. In reading 6.2, Madison advised against the industrial masses from having an excessive amount of influence in politics because it could jeopardize public liberty and property rights.