Despite the fact that really prominent issues such as slavery and representation were discussed

by the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention itself, the issue that created the most
major controversies through out the nation during the period when the Constitution was ratified
by the states was, in general, the powers of the federal government, specifically the civil liberties
and rights of the people and the power of the federal government to tax and have a bank. The
issue of power of the national government caused divisions for the next couple decades. How
much power the central government should hold was a hot topic for a long period of time.
American’s were distrustful of centralized government and didn’t want America to be like Britain.
On the other hand, decentralized power was less viable and legitimate generally, and this trend
of civil liberties and centralized government has continued, but hasn’t been as prevalent over
the years.

There was a lot of focus on the federal government’s right to tax and create a national bank
during the ratification and in the two decades after it. During the Articles of Confederation the
central had no direct way to tax, which gave people the idea that it gave too much power to the
national government. Liberty is being fought for, people hated the whiskey tax so much. There
was support for taxes as well. Many believed that without taxing, there’s anarchy. The issue of
taxes was relevant after the ratification like I have mentioned many times before. Farmers of
distilleries were enraged by the whiskey tax, which led to the whiskey rebellion which was
stopped by George Washington. George Washington was super anti-anarchy.

There was a lot of focus on the federal government’s right to tax and create a national bank
during the ratification and in the two decades after it. During the Articles of Confederation the
central had no direct way to tax, which gave people the idea that it gave too much power to the
national government. Liberty is being fought for, people hated the whiskey tax so much. There
was support for taxes as well. Many believed that without taxing, there’s anarchy. The issue of
taxes was relevant after the ratification like I have mentioned many times before. Farmers of
distilleries were enraged by the whiskey tax, which led to the whiskey rebellion which was
stopped by George Washington. George Washington was super anti-anarchy. The purpose of
Hamilton’s document was to mislead people.

There was a lot of focus on the federal government’s right to tax and create a national bank
during the ratification and in the two decades after it. During the Articles of Confederation the
central had no direct way to tax, which gave people the idea that it gave too much power to the
national government. Liberty is being fought for, people hated the whiskey tax so much. There
was support for taxes as well. Many believed that without taxing, there’s anarchy. The issue of
taxes was relevant after the ratification like I have mentioned many times before.

To conclude, the issues that were most important during and about 20 years after the ratification
of the constitution were the issues of power to tax and have a bank, and civil rights and liberties
being abused by the government.