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It was on May 25, 1787, that fifty-five delegates’ from twelve states met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation but they decided that it’s best to scrap and revise the Articles of Confederation to create a new, better Constitution. During this convention, a lot of topics and details had to be compromised to meet everyone’s need. Therefore, the Constitution has been described a "bundle of compromises" due to the fact that the delegates that met at the Constitutional Convention…

Honest Men is most likely comparable to anything out there. Delegate from Pennsylvania to the Constitutional Convention from recognized historian Richard Beeman talk about of a men who met in Philadelphia during 1787 summer to outline a profoundly new type of government. Plain, Honest Men took his reader behind the scene of debate to indicate how the world 's most persisting constitution was produced through clash and trade off. Delegates met during crisis, numerous Americans around then…

Veterinary Students’ Association) Austria Congress as one of Korean delegates. Among 250 delegates from 34 different countries, there were variety of languages, cultures and races, and the delegates had experienced wheels within wheels. The most controversial issue among eastern delegates was racism. Koreans had been discriminated several times by western people and we discussed about our disaffectedness with Thai and Indonesian delegates. Most people from eastern countries had experienced…

Henry knew war was around the corner and expressed his opinion at the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1755. “Henry was convinced that war was around the corner, and he arrived at the Virginia Convention determined to persuade his fellow delegates to adopt a defensive stance against Great Britain.” (Andrews) The audience laughed at…

compromise of many at the convention. The delegates also debated how to address slavery in the Constitution, though it never directly names it. Southern states, with large numbers of enslaved people, wanted to count slaves into their population for determining representation to Congress but not for taxation purposes. Northern states wanted the opposite. Greater representation would give a larger state more power in passing federal laws but also greater taxes. Delegates from northern states…

all thirteen states united. However, the Articles of Confederation proved to be weak in the long term, as Congress had almost no power and could not enforce any decisions, as states had supreme power. Because the nation was in danger of collapse, delegates from five states attended the Annapolis Convention in order to discuss trade issues between states. The Constitutional Convention was called to revise the Articles of Confederation in the hopes of overhauling the national government. The main…

such as Patrick Henry and John Adams encouraged and supported liberty and independence from the British tyranny. Henry urged the delegates to fight until the colonies were free from the King’s cruelty and power as well as, Adams convinced the Congress to form a militia against the British army. Patrick Henry and John Adams used persuasive appeals to convince the delegates to vote for independence. In the Speech to the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry, he used logical, ethical, and…

Labunski points out that if a second convention had occurred, it probably would have been open to the public and it is unlikely that delegates would have been able to agree on any amendments. Both Natelson and Labunski's articles discuss the importance of Madison's thought process in 1789 and 1790. This is when Madison realized the need for a bill of rights to be included in the Constitution, as states had begun proposing their own ideas for amendments. It is pointed out in both articles that…

Elected officials in democracies often struggle in their role as a representative of the “people.” Should they act more like a delegate or a trustee? In Edmund Burke’s speech to his constituents of Bristol, he argued that the representative is a member of parliament. Hence, he serves for the interest of the nation, of the general good, rather than the particular interests of his particular constituents. That being said, he stated that representatives should listen and consider the…

Patrick Henry vs. President Bush Speech Patrick Henry wrote a speech to the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775 to persuade Virginia delegates to go to war against Great Britain. President Bush gave a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 7, 2002 to persuade all U.S. citizens to use military force against Iraq. Between the two speeches there were many differences such as the tone used, use of allusion, and rhetorical questions. In Patrick Henry’s speech he used a very serious and…