assignment.

Read This and Answer the questions in clear unambiguous complete sentences.

http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/beard_constitution.html

1. Contrast the philosophy and forces behind the Articles of Confederation with
those supporting the new Constitution in 1787.

2. What was the effect of the state constitutions and the Articles of
Confederation upon the dominant economic classes?

3. How does Beard characterize the delegates to the Constitutional Convention
of 1787?

4. What were the views of the delegates to the Convention on democracy and
equality, according to Beard?

5. Aside from describing the delegates as representatives of the propertied
classes desiring to protect their interests, what other evidence does Beard
present to support his thesis that the principal purpose of the Constitution was
to protect most forms of private property?

6. Beard relies on The Federalist to support his argument that the Constitution
was designed to protect the economic interest of property holders. What
arguments does Beard make based on The Federalist to support his
conclusion?