HIS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Great Fear, Connecticut Compromise, Herd Mentality

• School: University of Hartford
• Department: History - A&S
• Course: HIS 130
• Professor: Professor Bartram

Document Summary

American democracy: fear the future? (i had trouble organizing this set of notes into different sections and all the information might not be good, so sorry about that) The national government was bankrupt, causing it to turn to people like robert morris for loans. There was disagreement on who should have the power to tax and what those people ought to be able to tax. When it came to religious issues, virginia was a major sticking point (i believe) The new elites feared that the common people would get too much power in government and others, like robert morris, believed that the common people wouldn"t use wealth in a. Fear that the common people would make poor decisions regarding the new government was another prevalent idea in the minds of these new elites. That the new government might depose the new elites was on the minds of some of the elites as well.