The House of Burgesses<span> was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.</span>
The three main objectives of the Constitution are:
1) It makes a national government which consists of the three branches, with checks and balances among them.
2) It divides power between states and the federal government.
3) It protects the liberties of the American people.
The leading argument against slavery during this time in the US was simply that it was immoral, and went against God's will. Another was that it violated the Constitution, and yet another was that it was unsustainable in the South.
