Democracy

Our Founding Fathers greatly feared a democracy and their quotes and private writings prove this. Also, we have our Constitution in which Article IV., Section 4. states, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;" Therefore, what is a republic and why did the Founders establish us this way.In a republic, the people vote for representatives to represent them in the government. This is key as the founders greatly feared having a huge number of illiterate voters making laws. This is why they only [...]