The main source of conflict at the Constitutional Convention was in regards to federal v. state power.
Federalists v. Anti-Federalists fought for weeks through published essays to push forward their view on whether their should be a strong Federal government or whether there should be a weak federal government to allow for strong and sovereign states.
Well because many saw him as a man sent by god to rule, that's why they let the royal family lead for the longest time. They thought the dynasty was sent by god himself, and they were given his wisdom. Or something like that, I got this info out of "Five Equations that Changed the World" which has a bit about Newton's life and what he thought of the matter.
The American poet Emma Lazarus wrote "The New Colossus".
