At the end of the 18th century, America found itself independent from England; which was a welcome change, but also brought its own set of challenges. The newly formed national government was acting under the Articles of Confederation, which established a "strong league of friendship" among the states, but did not provide adequate powers to rule the country. To ensure that the young nation could continue independently, Congress called for a federal convention to be called in Philadelphia to remedy the deficiencies in the Articles of Confederation. While Congress only authorized the convention to revise and amend the Articles, the delegates quickly set about crafting an entirely new Constitution for the country. Unlike the Articles of Confederation, the new Constitution provided for a national executive, which was hotly debated by the delegates. Forces on both sides were trying to shape the office to fit their ideology. Federalists, who sought a strong central government, favored a strong national executive which they believed would guarantee the country's security against internal and external threats. The Anti-Federalists preferred to give more power to the states and therefore attempted to weaken the national executive. Throughout the convention and even afterward, during the ratification debates, there were concerns that the newly created position of president would be too powerful and lean too monarchically. The idea of ​​a national executive was first proposed on Tuesday. , on May 29, 1787, by Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, during his opening address to the convention. His proposal, known as the Virginia Plan, laid out a blueprint for the convention to follow...... middle of paper ...... deralists expressed their dislike of the "indefinite four-year term" . eligibility." The Constitution provided that the President be elected by the "electoral college", which eliminated Congress's concern to "control" the Executive and the Executive's concern to appease Congress in order to be re-elected. in office would ensure that the president would behave in the best possible manner if he wished to be re-elected. By establishing a four-year term, the Constitution protected the office from becoming a monarchy, because if a president migrated too much. towards a monarchical regime, he simply would not be re-elected Another advantage of the four-year term with the possibility of re-election was stability, it allowed the pursuit of good executive policy and the ability to change if policy was. consistent with what voters wanted..