“The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but men who had come to realize that their system of government was broken. These men desired desperately to repair it.”
-- C.L. Gammon, The Preamble to the United States Constitution, 2012
What system of government were the Founding Fathers seeking to “repair”, as the quote above phrases it?
“The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but men who had come to realize that their system of government was broken. These men desired desperately to repair it.”
-- C.L. Gammon, The Preamble to the United States Constitution, 2012
What system of government were the Founding Fathers seeking to “repair”, as the quote above phrases it?
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Bill of Rights
The Continental Congress