Dr. Bill Chriss
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Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed what would come to be known as the Connecticut Compromise: a senate where each state had two senators, but a House of Representatives based on population, -
What was then known as the “Philadelphia Convention” convened a quorum of delegates, including Ben Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, the last week of May 1787.
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James Madison and Alexander Hamilton feared the nation would collapse without a stronger central government. Madison convinced his home state Virginia legislature to call a convention in Annapolis, Maryland and invite the other twelve states to discuss ways of improving trade and interstate commerce.
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The rebellion intensified the demands among many Americans for a stronger national government,
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These ideas unleashed a wave of liberation that toppled monarchies throughout the western world.
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His little pamphlet became an overnight best-seller and was most responsible for popularizing the American ideology of independence and natural rights, the so-called Spirit of ‘76.
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When the American colonies declared their independence in 1776, they ceased to be colonies of Britain and became nation-"states."
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America’s first 4th of July occurred in 1776. But our Constitution wasn’t drafted until 1787 and wasn’t ratified until 1788... What happened in between?
