Question

Did the Constitution Betray the Revolution? What do you guys think?

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

The alleged “critical period” between the end of the Revolution and
the Constitution’s adoption was not dominated by economic
depression, political turmoil, and international peril,
jeopardizing the independent survival of the American experiment in
liberty. Those who assembled at the Philadelphia Convention to
write a new Constitution were not disinterested demigods,
nor did they intend to establish a federal system of divided
government powers. The Constitution did not have the
support of most Americans. And finally, rather than representing
the culmination of the previous Revolution, the Constitution
represented a reactionary counter revolution against its
central principles….

[William Marina]
For all its failures, the Constitution remains after 200 years one
of the great protectors of property rights in human history. As
such, it was not a betrayal of the principles of 1776 as much as an
effort to reopen the debate of that period, freed of the pressure
of war. It represented a compromise reflecting one version of the
idea of a balanced government to protect property rights as
essential to the enjoyment of more broadly defined human rights.
The Constitution was a balance between monarchy and military
despotism on the one hand and extreme majoritarian populism on the
other.