The Constitutional Convention was an attempt to resolve issues stemming from Revolutionary War debts and other domestic issues. Of this was created a system of government reliant upon checks and balances, provided through the division of federal authority into Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches. However, the Convention did have three main items of contention with the first and most important of those being the division between large and small states. James Madison attended the Convention with the agenda of scrapping the Articles of Confederation with the hopes of replacing it with the Virginia Plan, which called for a centralized system of government with a Congress whose membership would be based on population (Schultz, 2011). Of course this was not well accepted by the smaller less populated states, especially when the Articles of Confederation had already given each state an equal voice in Congress. The appointment of representatives brought the convention to a halt until Roger Sherman’s proposal, which has become known as The Great Compromise, suggested that each state be given equal representation in the Senate and population based representation in the House of Representatives (Schultz, 2011). Although this proposal was liked, it was not until Benjamin Franklin reproposed it after…show more content… However, I believe it to be a living document that must be changed to address issues that arise over time. As for the need for any current changes, I would personally like to see an amendment to place term limits on all member of Congress and the Supreme Court. This would eliminate the life long politicians, which I see as only being self-serving. I would also like to see the federal government, like Tennessee, have a balanced budget, as deficit spending makes sense for no one, including or federal
