Discover the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Learn about the failures of the Articles of Confederation, the Great Compromise, and how the U.S. Constitution was built.
Kansas joins the call for an Article V Convention of States, the Framers’ prescription for America’s survival.
About Madison's notes -- Introduction -- PART I. NOTES BEFORE THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. The genre of legislative diaries -- The practice of working notes -- PART II. LEARNING TO KEEP A ...
The scene. Origins of the Convention -- The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison -- In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan -- Federal versus national. The "two supremes.