Charles 2 Dbq

It is no secret that Charles II was a strongly disliked man especially by the English Parliament. Charles II was reluctant to acknowledge the uprising in Virginia known as Bacon’s Rebellion that was towards William Berkeley, and waited until it was over with to grant Virginia the charter in 1675. “Sir William Berkeley had fused a governing body which seemed to work first for its own ends and only secondly for those of other Virginians, one might argue Charles II did a majority of Virginians a favor,” even though granting the carter was a slap in the face to Nathaniel Bacon. Charles II claimed he had divine right to rule and Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, was very unhappy creating a Civil War between the two. Like father like son, but Charles II decided in his later years to make more of a priority out

With the states newly found sovereignty there quickly became disagreements to whether or not the Bill of Rights should be ratified. Federalists sought to ratify the Bill of Rights and in favor of a strong national government for control while the antifederalists opposed the ratification and strongly believed in state governments control so it was closer to the people. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay all favored ratification and therefore “wrote a series of compelling arguments known as the Federalist Papers,” which eventually led to a compromise being made that the “basic rights” of the people would be explicitly stated in the English Bill of Rights as an extra layer of protection so the government could not run all over the colonies. After many discussions and arguments, ten amendments of the Bill were ratified in order to limit the national governments grasp over the civil liberties of