From a League of Friendship to We the People: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

Podcast: Consequential Actions Podcast · Jeff Kellick

Opublikowano: 2026-11-01

From a League of Friendship to We the People: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 Philadelphia, Monday, July 2, 1787. The states answer one motion in turn, an equal vote for every state in the second branch of the new legislature, and the tally comes back five to five, with Georgia divided. Roger Sherman of Connecticut names what the vote has shown: "We are now at a full stop." James Madison went to Philadelphia asking for a national veto over every law of every state, "in all cases whatsoever," the same words Parliament...