Based on the arguments presented in Readings 6.1 and 6.2, which social class wrote the Constitution, and which class was excluded and not allowed to participate in this process? In your comment, make sure you clearly specify the difference between the two classes by giving examples from the readings. The social class that ended up writing the Constitution was the wealthy, property-owning class (or the “gentlemen”), which consisted of the founding fathers. The social class that was excluded and not allowed to participate in this process were the non-wealthy, poor, propertyless and working social class. What made these two classes radically different was that the wealthy social class had forms of property that marked their wealth and power, which therefore gave them the ability to affect the law. The working class had little to no form of property that they actually owned, which in turn made them have no form of power and gave them no ability to affect the law.
Would say that the social class structure of early United States society, was the same as ours today, or different? Explain. I would say that the social class structure of early United States society is very similar to how it is today because just like in the past, the current era makes it so that the wealthy who own different forms of property that generate income for them have the ability to affect and change the law (since their money, power and influence grants them the ability to either run for positions of power or get the people that they desire to be elected into positions of power). While on the other hand, the working class, who have little to no property and no wealth don’t have the ability to affect the law due to their lack of power.
Why were the people who wrote the Constitution so afraid of democracy? Hint: think about how to answer this question by discussing it in terms of social classes. The people who wrote the Constitution were so afraid of democracy because they felt that democracy would be the main catalyst of the wealthy losing their income and the social order that they have worked so hard to established being destroyed. Democracy is what would give the working class a way to get power and make change, which would hamper the interests of the wealthy and would allow the working class to be the ones affecting the laws since they are the majority. Essentially, the whole power dynamic between the two social classes (wealthy and working class) would be flipped on its head, which is something that the wealthy class would not want in any regard.
