A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionHarcourt, 2002 - 310 sider We know and love the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis's defeat. We forget, though, that the Articles of Confederation and our first attempts at self-government were disasters; the post-revolutionary Confederation slipped quickly into factional bickering and economic crisis. In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others just ordinary men, journeyed to Philadelphia, determined to create a more stable framework of government, hoping that it would last long enough to bring an end to the crisis. Revealing that the story of that amazing summer in Philadelphia is more complicated and much more interesting than we have imagined, Carol Berkin makes you feel as if you were there, listening to the arguments, getting to know the framers, and appreciating the difficult and critical decisions being made. Using history as a kind of time travel, Berkin takes the reader into the hearts and minds of the founders, explaining their mind-sets, their fears, and their very limited expectations. By telling a story that is more hallowed than understood, Berkin brings us into the world of eighteenth-century America and shows us the human side of a great accomplishment. |
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... knew there were risks in expo- sure . And even the most respected knew that they must , ultimately , answer to the state legislatures who sent them to Philadelphia . Who , then , wished to be on record sup- porting measures their local ...
... knew there were risks in expo- sure . And even the most respected knew that they must , ultimately , answer to the state legislatures who sent them to Philadelphia . Who , then , wished to be on record sup- porting measures their local ...
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... knew , if others in the room did not , that Baldwin was born and educated in Connecticut . He was a Yale man who ... knew Roger Sherman - and thus he knew that the small states were not bluffing . They would bolt the convention if ...
... knew , if others in the room did not , that Baldwin was born and educated in Connecticut . He was a Yale man who ... knew Roger Sherman - and thus he knew that the small states were not bluffing . They would bolt the convention if ...
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... knew how perilously close to dissolution the con- vention had been during the struggle over proportional representation in Congress , and they knew how convo- luted their reasoning had often been on the election of the president . They ...
... knew how perilously close to dissolution the con- vention had been during the struggle over proportional representation in Congress , and they knew how convo- luted their reasoning had often been on the election of the president . They ...
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Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools Linda S. Levstik,Keith C. Barton Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2005 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Begrenset visning - 2007 |