Explanation:
First Paragraph: Hook your audience into wanting to read or hear your speech. You can tell a story or use a quote. Introduce the event and basic facts like people and places. Use at least three to five sentences. The founding fathers wanted the government to be balanced. So they created a limited and constitutional government. They developed separation of powers and checks and balances to keep the constitution balanced.
Second paragraph: Discuss the separation of powers and checks and balances. Use examples to explain the difference between the two ideas. Separation of power is dividing the government's power into three branches. The three branches are executive,judicial, and legislative. Checks and balances were developed to make sure no one branch was more powerful than the other branches. Here is an example of checks and balances, The president nominates federal officials, but the senate has to confirm the nomination. Here is an example of separation of powers, Congress has the power to create laws. They are different because separation of powers divides the government's powers into three branches. Checks and balances were developed to make sure no one branch has power over the others.
Third paragraph: Discuss the position of the Federalists related to ratification of the Constitution. Use facts. The Federalists were people who agreed and supported the ratification of the Constitution and a strong national government. They believed that the Constitution should be ratified immediately to prevent any chaos. They were opposed by Anti-Federalists. The Anti-federalists were a group of people who believed the Constitution does not provide enough protection for people's rights. The Federalists papers agreed to the ratification and sought to persuade the people that the government wouldn’t become tyrannical. The Bill of Rights is a list of rights that the government cannot take away from the people. Federalists and Anti-Federalists agreed and supported incorporating these rights as the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights includes protection for many basic freedoms.
Fourth paragraph: Discuss the position of the Anti-Federalists related to ratification of the Constitution. Use facts. The Anti-federalists were a group of people who believed the Constitution does not provide enough protection for people's rights. They were opposed by The Federalists. The Federalists were people who agreed and supported the ratification of the Constitution and a strong national government. The Anti-federalists believed that the new government was too powerful. They wanted to see the Bill of Rights added to the constitution to defend the state government’s power and the people’s rights. They wanted to wait until the Bill of Rights were completed before the ratification of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is a list of rights that the government cannot take away from the people. Federalists and Anti-Federalists agreed and supported incorporating these rights as the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights includes protection for many basic freedoms.
Fifth paragraph: Summarize and review what you wrote.
In conclusion, I talked about how the separation of powers was different from the checks and balances because separation of power divides the government's powers into three branches. Checks and balances were developed to make sure no one branch has power over the others. I also talked about how The Federalists were people who agreed and supported the ratification of the Constitution and a strong national government and The Anti-federalists were a group of people who believed the Constitution does not provide enough protection for people's rights.
