During the Constitutional Convention, delegates agreed on created fundamental changes but conflicting interests of the states led to compromises which when presented to the states, a Federalist-Antifederalist battle for ratification ensued. ... Though the delegates agreed on these fundamental changes to the Constitution, they still disagreed on some things one of which was resolved in the Great Compromise. ... In response, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention synthesized the Great Compromise in which there is a bicameral Congress. ... The federalists believed in a strong central gov...

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The Constitutional Convention gathered in Independence Hall on May 25, 1787. On May 29 Governor Edmund Randolph introduces the Virginia Plan to the delegates, and the Convention begins with a bang. ... Madison did not agree with equal representation because he did not see states as equal entities, he viewed states as "units of convenience that ultimately embodied only the fictitious legal personality of all corporations" (Banning 432). ... This essay investigated two essays which addressed the Constitutional Convention with a focus on the Great Compromise. ... Because of this Ban...

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Hoping to improve these conditions, Franklin agreed to become Philadelphia's postmaster in 1737. ... As it turned out, Thomas Jefferson did the writing and Franklin revised it and made changes. ... When Franklin was eighty-one years old, Pennsylvania sent him to the Constitutional Convention. ... He was the oldest delegate at the convention. His attendance at the Constitutional Convention was his last major public service. ...

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- What were the major compromises made at the Constitutional Convention? ... There were many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention, such as representation, slavery, and laws concerning foreign/ interstate imports and exports. ... Anti-federalists believed that the executive branch did not effectively represent the people, and that only the legislative branch did so. ... The Constitutional Confederation finally agreed that slaves will count as three-fifths of a person in census counts as well as representation in the House of Representatives. ... In short, all delegates at ...

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Philadelphia Convention. Rhode Island did not send a delegation. ... George Washington presided over the convention but he did not play an active part in the debates. ... Delegates agreed to debate this plan and in so doing formally abandoned the idea of amending the Articles of Confederation. ... A nine (9) year term was voted down though most delegates agreed with Madison's apprehensions about equality. ...

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The State legislatures agreed that the people could directly be involved in the choice of electors. ... After hours of toil, doubt, and debate, the constitution was finally signed by the majority of the delegates. ... Madison knew that to accede to the demand of a second Convention to remed various defects of the Constitution, would be like losing a battle, nor would he agree to conditional approval. ... There was a good deal of definitional pluralism with respect to the problems the delegates did discuss, but when we move to the question of extrapolated intentions, we enter the realm of...

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Australians were afraid that cheap Chinese labor would lower Australian workers living standards and both governments and unions agreed that such immigration should be restricted. ... Queensland also had a different opinion from most other colonies on immigration and it did not want a federal movement to stop them from employing cheap Kanakas. ... The National Australasian Convention was held in March 1891 in Sydney and was presided over by Henry Parkes. ... He did not live to see his dream of a united Australia. ... The National Australasian Convention of 1897 held in Adelaide was attende...

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He then studied law OCCUPATION: Planter OFFICES HELD: Justice of the Peace, Westmoreland County, 1757; Delegate, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1775-1779; Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; Delegate, Virginia Constitutional Ratification Convention, 1788; United States Senator, 1789-1792 PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Chantilly, Virginia SPOUSE: First wife--Ann Aglett; second wife--Anne Pinckard MISCELLANEOUS: Lee was a staunch defender of colonial rights and was aligned with Patrick Hen...

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Scheduled to beg in on May 14, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Constitutional Convention progressed through the summer to establish a new form of government. Although the convention was called for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, Delegates expressed an overwhelming interest in a new and stronger form of central government. ... Upon ratification of the United States Constitution, in 1789, this agreed upon a form of government put into effect, and has operated as the government of the United States ever since. ... In this essay, Hamilton elaborates heavily on t...

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The body of government was the Congress, comprising delegates from the thirteen states. ... Only in one area did the Congress coax a unified policy from the states, the area of land reform. The major landholding states--Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts--did cede their western lands to the Congress. ... The founding fathers realized this need for a stronger central government and eventually organized at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to discuss the problem. ... Although problems continued to exist over questions like whether to have a national bank, the Founding...

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