Were the Founding Fathers Democratic Reformers?

No, the Founding Fathers were not Democratic Reformers. There are a few reasons behind my opinion. A lot of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention held substantial amounts of continental securites that would sharply increase in value if a strong national government were established. Also, most Americans could not vote because they did not own property and so the ratification was nonrepresentative and nondemocratic. During the revolution the Founding Fathers had no design for a democracy they just wanted to throw off the yoke of British rule. They were an elite group of northern money interests and southern slaveholders that used Shay's Rebellion to create a strong central government which protected property rights of the rich. Therefore the Founding Fathers were not Democratic Reformers.