Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution of the United States was not designed to set up a true democracy, nor was it designed to grant equal rights to the common man, on the other hand the Constitution was created to harvest the economic interests of the founding fathers; furthermore the framers of the Constitution feared democracy, and held a great distrust towards the common man, which greatly affected the policies presented in the Constitution.
             Although most people presume that the founding fathers intended to create a true democracy, they instead intended the government to be controlled by a wealthy aristocracy, while appeasing the masses. The writers of the Constitution feared a democracy, as they believed that in a democracy the lower class would up rise and rebel against the government. As seen in events such as Shay's Rebellion and Bacon's Rebellion the founding fathers feared that if they established a true democratic government, the lower class would rise up, rebel, and create an anarchical state. The founding fathers also learned from the French, specifically from the French Revolution. They saw an anarchy rise up from a democratic state and this was the last thing that the founding fathers wanted, they felt that democracy gave too much of a say to the populace and they feared this because they felt the populace was uneducated and didn't know what was best for them. The founding fathers created a republic as an alternative to democracy, it would appear to the populace that they had a say in the government, however in a republic, the wealthy upper class (such as the framers of the Constitution) was more likely to be in control. Even John Adams himself felt that republic was needed to neutralize democracy and aristocracy. It was apparent that the founding fathers weren't interested in the common man, but instead they were interested in an educated upper class controlling the government, therefore t...