During the French Revolution, the citizens of the USA split up into two political parties, the federalists and anti-federalists or democratic-republicans. Alexander Hamilton led the federalist party as Thomas Jefferson led the democratic-republican party, both sides with a different view on the revolution. The anti-federalists supported the French cause while the federalists did not want to get involved. As time moved on, the federalists gained too much power in government, influencing the use of loose interpretation over the Constitution to change the meaning of the document itself. As Thomas Jefferson noticed this change in power, he decided to write a document relieving federal power. The Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791, was used to limit the federalists power over the government. Consisting of the first ten ammendments of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights established the base laws of the United States. These rights include freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of press.
Considering the wide variety of differences in USA citizens, the Constitution as a whole may not unify the people, but the Bill of Rights should. As the Constitution states the system of government and political issues and may interfere with one's opinion on government, the natural rights that the Bill of Rights state should unify America in that everyone would agree that we as a nation need these base laws. Keeping civil order throughout the country should also unify the nation. We do need a leader to keep order and lead our people, but we also need power to balance it out. We do deserve freedom and rights, but we also need laws to keep it in reasonable straint. Specific issues with politics may differ from person to person, but we all agree that we do need a general governmental system established.
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