It wasn't just about religion though. It also had two major groups fighting for rights. Women's suffrage was huge, and black rights was big. Women, and some men fought for almost 100 years before they got the right to vote (they got it i 1912). This was also why the Second Great Awakening was mostly women. A lot of men didn't necessarily support it, but some did. Temperance was also something people were fighting for. <span />
American leaders chose to create a new plan of government because they were afraid that, with the plan of government they had already, the new nation would fall apart.
