- In 1787, the upper classes of the United States convened in Philadelphia and drafted the constitution. Those who own property and controlled almost all trades in the five colonial cities. Activities such as commerce, shipping, banking, mining, and manufacturing on the eastern seaboard. These were merchants, bankers, and landowners: this group of individuals and powerful capitalists who owned many wealth (property). The poor (lower class) people played zero roles in writing the constitution because their opinions didn’t even matter. Native Americans, black people, women, people of white skin who didn’t have sufficient property, and indentured servants were excluded from participating in the decision-making process of drafting the constitution. If you fall into the lower class, you have no power and, for that matter, cannot make decisions that will affect or impact the nation.
2. The social class that existed in 1700 is still the same as today. Some of the affluent families have transferred wealth to their generations. In today’s America, it is the wealthy capitalist who determines how wealth is distributed. Working-class Americans are excluded and brushed to the side. Just as poor people in America had to labor to survive, it is even worse today. Today, wealthy families almost pay low wages to those from the working class while enjoying and ripe profits on their labor. For example, John D Rockefeller and the Rothschild family still own and control the banks and commerce.
3. They believed that through democracy, the middle class, middle-upper class, and the lower class would benefit as it would allow the propertyless to participate in decision-making. Democracy was a threat to their wealth. But these constitution writers wanted absolute power and protection so those from the lower classes couldn’t interfere in their affairs. They didn’t care about the masses; the wealthy people tried to enrich themselves and keep the working class always laboring to profit from their selfish interests.
