1. 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. Based on readings 6.1 and 6.2 wealthy property owners were able to write the constitution to be more specific property-owning white males. They had the chance to vote while the poor couldn’t as stated in the text,” Excluded were all Native Americans (“Indians”), persons of African descent, women, indentured servants, and White males lacking sufficient property. Property qualifications for holding office were so steep as to exclude even most of the White males who could vote. This shows us that based on your social class you get certain privileges than those who have no money. There were many poor people who were going into debt and as mentioned in the article,” Economic prisoners crowded the jails, incarcerated for debts or nonpayment of taxes”.
  2. Would say that the social class structure of early United States society, was the same as ours today, or different? Explain. Social class structure in the united states in earlier times is different then what it is today due to the fact that no matter if you’re poor or wealthy your voice matters and you’re able to vote.But on earlier times people who were poor didnt have such rights as stated in the readings that mentioned that in order to be able to vote you must be wealthy and own some type of property. Although even right now in the United States some people may be treated unfairly due to their economic status or social class it isn’t as bad as before.
  3. 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 article states,” They were determined that persons of birth and fortune should control the affairs of the nation and check the “leveling impulses” of the propertyless multitude who composed “the majority faction” (majority class). This means that the wealthy class wants to be the only one with power and control and doesn’t want the poor/working class to have the same power as them. The article also states,’’Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society” and “the first object of government” is “the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property.” The wealthy class doesnt want the working class to have the same rights as them or same interest in society because it can affect them later on and they think it would be unfair.

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