The document discusses the drafting of the US Constitution in 1787 at the Pennsylvania constitutional convention. It explores the political and economic lenses through which the drafting can be viewed. Politically, the drafters aimed to establish a stronger central government after the failures of the Articles of Confederation. Economically, only white male property owners were allowed to vote, demonstrating that political power was tied to wealth. The Constitution established protections for individual rights through the Bill of Rights but faced opposition from groups like the Anti-Federalists who thought it gave the government too much power. Overall, the drafting can be understood through different historical lenses, including the political and economic perspectives.

1. Running head: HISTORICAL LENSES
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HISTORICAL LENSES
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Drafting of the United States Constitution
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The lens I chose is political. I have the topic, The constitution
of United States began in the year 1787. This drafting occurred
when there was a meeting at Pennsylvania of constitutional
convention (Rutherglen, 2018). According to people who
drafted the constitution, the first governing document, the
confederation articles and the government did their operations
like countries that were independent. In this case, the political
lens can be used to show how politicians tried to write down the
laws and the purpose of drafting the constitution. “Comparisons
(both favorable and unfavorable) with the Philadelphia

2. Convention and the adoption of the United States Constitution
in 1787 abound.” The drafted took place after America gained
its independence from the Great Britain and this is when the
republic thought of having a central government that was strong
for its stability (Rutherglen, 2018). Some events that led to this
drafting included the start of revolutionary war, adding of tax to
sugar and molasses, passing of the stamp act that made colonists
deliver supplies to British soldiers and the gain of
independence.
This can be political as well as historical lens.Some overall
needs that were included in the US constitution include the Bill
of rights which guaranteed an individual’s protection. The bill
of right gave freedom of speech and religion to different states.
The role of citizens during the drafting included having the
power to govern it and this was not for ordinary citizens but for
white Protestants who owned property. This people were the
only ones allowed to vote. An economic lens has been used here
to show that citizens who didn’t own property didn’t have the
power to vote. Drafting the constitution by Michael lance
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“The ten amendments made in the US constitution were referred
to as the bill of rights which consisted civil liberties guarantees
and state power checks.” (Mestad, 2017). This guarantees and
checks were added so that the states would be convinced to
ratify the constitution. Some opposition groups such as Anti-
Federalists opposed constitution ratification since they thought
the government would be more powerful. There is an economic
lens used by the author in this scenario to show how opposition
groups such as Anti-federalists had no power over ratification.
Though this opposition groups were unsuccessful, they ensured
the Bill of rights was implemented. Historical lenses in this
picture try to study the drafting of the US constitution at
different angels that why we don’t have biased decisions about
the drafting (Vile, 2016). They include the political and the
economic lenses.

3. References
Mestad, O. (2017). The Impact of the US Constitution on the
Norwegian Constitution and on Emigration to
America. Norwegian-American Essays, 27-44. Retrieved from
https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/65127
Rutherglen, G. (2018). The Framers' Coup: The Making of the
United States Constitution. Retrieved from
https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-
bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/jlp34&section=7
Vile, J. R. (2016). Conventional Wisdom: The Alternate Article
V Mechanism for Proposing Amendments to the US
Constitution. University of Georgia Press.