The first part of the discussion will revolve around the general
             ideas of the Constitution, while the second part will discuss why the
             Federalist Constitution drawn in Philadelphia is indeed the best choice.
             We will first have a look at two of Locke's ideas, presented on
             page 18 and from which the general points of the Constitution were
             inspired. Why was a Constitution needed' In my opinion, Locke answers
             best this question. The goals of a Constitution on general, and of the
             United States in particular, are two: "the preservation of property" and
             the authorization of a legislation to "make laws, set rules, as guards and
             fences to the properties of all the members of the society to limit the
             powers and moderate the dominion of every part and member of the society".
             We can generally agree that obtaining the independence from the
             British Empire led to a period where a certain void of power was around.
             The dangerous consequence of such a void of power is, of course, the lack
             of a higher authority that can set rules and laws and (just as important),
             that can safeguard them. In this context, the former colonists found
             themselves in a situation where the authority had to be (1) defined and (2)
             determined by certain constants. The main goal of such an authority would
             have been preserving property and property rights. Thus, we see from the
             very beginning that the central point of the ideas regarding the
             Constitution revolves around the idea of property. Who can guarantee and
             safeguard property' The choices were quite simple: either a very strong,
             central government or several state governments that would be under the
             higher authority and control of the central government. We shall get back
             to this idea when discussing federalization.
             As for the second aspect discussed by Locke, this is quite simple. A
             society needs to have a set of ground rules by which order can be
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