Motivation - What motivates you to complete this course? Possible answers: Parents - if not in college then out you go (FEAR). College degree opens doors to jobs (WANTS, MONEY, Wealth). College is where all my friends are (left out, or group think). It seems that we are motivated by a number of pressures. These pressures were the same for the founding fathers. We as humans have wants, fears, and prejudices.

After reading through the chapters, what motivated the founding fathers to establish the Constitution? Give details and consequences to their actions. Could the motivation of the founding fathers be something different than what we have been taught? Did class divisions prompt the Founding Fathers to action?

Did Holton's article change your view of the founding fathers? Is Holton a revisionist?

Do we fully understand the structure and mechanics of our government? How does this influence US today? This seems to be relevant question today.