At the end of the 18th century, America found itself independent from England; which was a positive change, but also brought with it its own set of challenges. The newly formed national government operated under the Articles of Confederation, which established a “firm league of friendship” between the states but did not provide adequate power to run the country. To ensure that the young nation could continue independently, Congress called for a Federal Convention to convene in Philadelphia to address deficiencies in the Articles of Confederation. While Congress authorized the convention only to revise and amend the articles, the delegates quickly set about developing 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. There were forces on both sides of the issue trying to shape the office to suit their ideology. Federalists, who sought a strong central government, favored a strong national executive which, they believed, would ensure the country's security from both internal and external threats. The Anti-Federalists preferred to have more power in the hands of the states and therefore sought to weaken the national executive. Throughout the convention and even afterward, during the ratification debates, some feared that the new office of president would be too powerful and would lean too much toward monarchy. The idea of ​​a national executive was first proposed on Tuesday, May 29, 1787, by Edmund Randolph, governor of Virginia, during his opening address to the convention. His proposal, which became known as the Virginia Plan, laid out a blueprint for the convention to follow... in the middle of the paper... the deralists expressed their distaste for the "four-year term of indefinite duration." eligibility." The Constitution provided that the President would be elected by the “electoral college,” thus eliminating Congress's concern to “control” the Executive and the concern that the Executive would appease Congress to be renominated. The electoral process would ensure that the President is on his best behavior if he wishes to be re-elected, the Constitution protected the office from becoming a monarchy because if a president migrated too far towards monarchical government he would simply not be re-elected another advantage of the four-year mandate with the possibility of being re-elected was stability, it allowed the continuation of good executive policy and the ability to change if the policy was in line with what the voters wanted..