In 1787 America constitution, is the product of experience.The experience, more than one.Generally speaking, can be divided into three categories: historical experience, the European colonial local experience, the individual's political experience.The historical experience of Europe, in addition to the home of British political system, Rock, Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers, the most important, when the number of the ancient Greek city-state, Rome during the democratic and Republican National experience.The classical period of political history, is the framers spiritual wealth and the theoretical maximum reference, in the constitutional debate, in the ratified the constitutional debate, in ancient Greece, the experience of Rome, was a politician repeatedly mentioned in China in.
Known as the "father of the constitution" of James Madison, read the books, and the pros and cons of various ancient regime of long, well.In June 6th, in the discussion of hospital is the elected parliament or by the state election, Madison proposed, in order to avoid some people oppress others, one should be elected parliament."In ancient Greece, Rome, the rich and the poor, the creditors and the debtor, patrician and plebeian, turns the oppression of each other, each other mercilessly; Rome, Athens, the mother city, and their surrounding areas, the relationship between" is also the oppression and the oppressed, because the former have the latter does not have the authority. In June 7th, the number that control of the Senate, Madison in the number of the Rome Republic tribunes as an example, proves that the more people, more easy to differentiation, the more can not complete the public trust."In the political authority in certain circumstances, hold the power of fewer people, their component is heavy."In June 26th, in discussing the distribution of seats, big and small state relations, Madison once again in the ancient Greek polis as an example, in the Split case, double win, suffer will only be around the small state. More than fifty of the participants, most is the rich political experience and theoretical knowledge of the talents, many of them be skilled in debate, their political and economic interests of each are not identical, in hot and irritable Philadelphia summer, to reach a written agreement signed by most people, it's not easy.