A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002 - 310 sider Historian Carol Berkin's A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution is a rich narrative portrait of post-revolutionary America and the men who shaped its political future. "Just as the Constitution was a brilliant solution to the problems of the 1780s, Carol Berkin's book is a brilliant account of the making of that constitution. Written with great verve and clarity, it nicely captures all the contingency and unpredictability in the framing of the Constitution."--Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood Though the American Revolution is widely recognized as our nation's founding story, the years immediately following the war -- when our government was a disaster and the country was in a terrible crisis -- were in fact the most crucial in establishing the country's independence. The group of men who traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 had no idea what kind of history their meeting would make. But all their ideas, arguments, and compromises -- from the creation of the Constitution itself, article by article, to the insistence that it remain a living, evolving document -- laid the foundation for a government that has surpassed the founders' greatest hopes. Revisiting all the original historical documents of the period and drawing from her deep knowledge of eighteenth-century politics, Carol Berkin opens up the hearts and minds of America's founders, revealing the issues they faced, the times they lived in, and their humble expectations of success. |
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... hands to say, 'That's me—I don't know what I don't know but I want to do better. I'm that white woman. I'm ready to do the work now.' It's for all of us who have marched and called our senators and raged on social media, but have not ...
... hands to say, 'That's me—I don't know what I don't know but I want to do better. I'm that white woman. I'm ready to do the work now.' It's for all of us who have marched and called our senators and raged on social media, but have not ...
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... hands hide the secrets of your destiny, I should have known what mine was from birth. I was born with eleven fingers. Another little finger next to my little finger on my left hand. According to what mum said to me, it had a nice nail ...
... hands hide the secrets of your destiny, I should have known what mine was from birth. I was born with eleven fingers. Another little finger next to my little finger on my left hand. According to what mum said to me, it had a nice nail ...
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... hands on every one of them, and healed them'' (Luke 4:40); "And He laid His hands on her and immediately she was made straight and glorified God" (Mark 18:18). Apparently the use of His hands was commonly regarded as a regular part of ...
... hands on every one of them, and healed them'' (Luke 4:40); "And He laid His hands on her and immediately she was made straight and glorified God" (Mark 18:18). Apparently the use of His hands was commonly regarded as a regular part of ...
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... Hands ; yet , as Records written in those hands are daily produced in Evidence in the Courts of Law , the being able to read them with propriety and certainty cannot be an unnecessary accomplishment ; not only for young Students ...
... Hands ; yet , as Records written in those hands are daily produced in Evidence in the Courts of Law , the being able to read them with propriety and certainty cannot be an unnecessary accomplishment ; not only for young Students ...
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... hand, Punch was happy to consider These Poor Hands 'an excellent piece of objective writing, in which humour and a gift of quick description are marked' and, although The Listener felt Coombes's style to be 'pedestrian' and his ...
... hand, Punch was happy to consider These Poor Hands 'an excellent piece of objective writing, in which humour and a gift of quick description are marked' and, although The Listener felt Coombes's style to be 'pedestrian' and his ...
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The Call for a Convention | 11 |
Making Mr Madison Wait | 30 |
A Gathering of Demigods | 48 |
The Perils of Power | 68 |
Schisms Threats and Compromises | 96 |
Debating the Presidency Once Again | 116 |
The Convention Ends | 149 |
The Battle for Ratification | 169 |
Epilogue | 205 |
The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention | 211 |
The Articles of Confederation | 262 |
The United States Constitution | 277 |
A Note on Sources | 298 |
Acknowledgments | 301 |
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The Inauguration of President George Washington | 191 |
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