Now the  political culture of the time was such  that the political system which actually emerged is rather different from that which some of the people who went to Philadelphia thought would emerge  and that really reflects a number of changes, one that America has grown from four million to two hundred and fifty million, two, from being isolated, remote and scattered the population has consolidated and grown, America has become a vast industrial power as opposed to a, an agricultural nation and all these have had their impact upon the importance and scope of government.