The Framing of the Constitution of the United StatesBeard Books, 2000 - 281 sider An account of the Federal Convention presenting an analysis of the conditions, the convictions, and the men who framed the Constitution of the United States. |
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Side 17
... called an Orator , he is a most agreeable , eloquent and convincing Speaker . The affairs of the United States , he perhaps , has the most correct knowledge of , of any man in the Union . " Madison was essentially a scholar in politics ...
... called an Orator , he is a most agreeable , eloquent and convincing Speaker . The affairs of the United States , he perhaps , has the most correct knowledge of , of any man in the Union . " Madison was essentially a scholar in politics ...
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... called , was rather a tribute to his character and his oratory than a mark of popularity . Gouverneur Morris was probably the most brilliant member of the Pennsylvania delegation and of the convention as well . Sharp - witted , clever ...
... called , was rather a tribute to his character and his oratory than a mark of popularity . Gouverneur Morris was probably the most brilliant member of the Pennsylvania delegation and of the convention as well . Sharp - witted , clever ...
Side 25
... called being " very corpulant , " and to Pierce he did not look his forty years . He , too , had represented his state in congress . The most noted of the Delaware deputation was John Dickinson , author of the " Farmer's Letters , " and ...
... called being " very corpulant , " and to Pierce he did not look his forty years . He , too , had represented his state in congress . The most noted of the Delaware deputation was John Dickinson , author of the " Farmer's Letters , " and ...
Side 42
... called to meet in Philadelphia and the delegates had been ap- pointed . For what purpose ? The report of the Annapolis convention had recommended a thorough investigation into the defects of the confederation and the development of a ...
... called to meet in Philadelphia and the delegates had been ap- pointed . For what purpose ? The report of the Annapolis convention had recommended a thorough investigation into the defects of the confederation and the development of a ...
Side 43
... that the wording employed in the cre- dentials of the delegates and in the resolution of congress was no mere formal phraseology ; the federal convention was really called for the " express purpose [ 43 ] THE DEFECTS OF THE CONFEDERATION.
... that the wording employed in the cre- dentials of the delegates and in the resolution of congress was no mere formal phraseology ; the federal convention was really called for the " express purpose [ 43 ] THE DEFECTS OF THE CONFEDERATION.
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The Organization of the Convention | 54 |
The Virginia Plan | 68 |
The New Jersey Plan | 84 |
The Great Compromise | 91 |
After the Compromise | 113 |
The Election of the President | 160 |
Finishing the Work | 176 |
The Completed Constitution | 196 |
The Articles of Confederation | 211 |
The Virginia Plan | 225 |
The New Jersey Plan | 229 |
The Constitution of the United States | 233 |
The Amendments to the Constitution | 252 |
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Side 219 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Side 24 - In determining questions in the United States, in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in...
Side 219 - States, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands, and the States which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States...
Side 213 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Side 213 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Side 213 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.