Portrait of James Madison, circa 1805–1807, by Gilbert Stuart. James Madison, originally a Federalist, worked hard to ensure that Antifederalists’ complaints about the Constitution would be addressed. Public Domain
Less than three years after the Treaty of Paris ended America’s War for Independence in 1783, the infant nation still struggled to find its footing. Great Britain’s overreach of power—its writs of assistance, quartering of troops, and lack of jury trials—was still fresh in Americans’ memories, making many wary of concentrating too much authority in a centralized government. Yet it had become clear that the new nation’s Articles of Confederation were too weak to command order among the 13 states. Something had to be done.
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