Tag Results: Constitution
The Signing of the United States Constitution
September 17, 1787
Conclusions
In late July, the convention appointed a Committee of Detail to draft a document based on the agreements that had been reached. After another month of discussion and refinement, a second committee, the Committee of Style and Arrangement, headed by Gouverneur Morris, and including Hamilton, William Samuel [...]
Debate on the Constitution
Philadelphia – 1787
North vs. South
Today we tend to equate the issue of slavery with the Civil War era, but slavery was a contentious issue from the very outset. In 1787, the population of the United States was approximately three million, and roughly one-fifth of this number were slaves. Most of [...]
The Philadelphia Convention
May 25 — September 17, 1787
The Constitutional Convention Begins
On a hot summer in 1787 a group of men gathered in Philadelphia. Many had traveled great distances on horseback, by coach, or by boat, enduring the rigors and discomfort of travel under what we would now consider intolerable conditions. Their goal, simply [...]
Origins of the U.S. Constitution
The Struggle for Independence: 1774 – 1787
Origins of the United States Constitution: Why We Should Care
History informs the present; it lends relevance to our opinions and our beliefs. Without history each new generation must reinvent the wheel, repeating the errors of those who have gone before them. Our Founding [...]
James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798), was a Scottish lawyer, most notable as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and U.S. Constitution.
Hugh Williamson (December 5, 1735–May 22, 1819) was an American politician. He is best known for representing North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington – Commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and first President of the United States of America.
Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758 – September 6, 1802) was the Federalist governor of the American State of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795, and signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Roger Sherman (1721 – 1793) American lawyer and politician. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
John Rutledge (September 17, 1739 – July 23, 1800) American statesman and judge. He was the first Governor of South Carolina following the signing of the Declaration of Independence.