After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

Once America had become a country, a new government needed to be designed. Nazlisart/iStock Getty Images The parades, reenactments and fireworks are over. And in the aftermath of Americans’ celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it is important to recognize that the declaration was only the first step in making a unified country. Many of the founders argued that the country needed a remodeled government. They asked whether it was possible to design a…