Constitutional Convention of 1787

List of Illustrations
Series Foreword
Preface: A System to Last for Ages
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Speeches, Motions, and Committee Assignments in the Constitutional Convention
Chronology
Chapter 1. The Road to Philadelphia
Chapter 2. The Triumph of the Virginia Plan
Chapter 3. The Great Compromise
Chapter 4. Ironing Out the Details
Chapter 5. The Executive, the Judiciary, Postponed Parts, and the Signing
Chapter 6. Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Conclusion
Biographical Essays
John Dickinson (1732-1808)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814)
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Rufus King (1755-1827)
James Madison (1751-1836)
George Mason (1725-1792)
Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816)
Edmund Randolph (1753-1813)
Roger Sherman (1721-1793)
George Washington (1732-1799)
James Wilson (1742-1798)
Primary Documents
1. Annapolis Convention Report, September 14, 1786
2. Virginia Appoints Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, November- December, 1786
3. The Confederation Congress's Resolution Approving the Constitutional Convention, February 21, 1787
4. James Madison to George Washington, April 16, 1787
5. The Virginia Plan, May 29, 1787
6. The New Jersey Plan, June 15, 1787
7. Alexander Hamilton's Plan of Government, June 18, 1787
8. Benjamin Franklin's Speech, September 17, 1787
9. Cover Letter Transmitting the Constitution to the Confederation Congress, September 17, 1787
10. The Confederation Congress's Resolution Transmitting the Constitution to the State Legislatures, September 28, 1787
11. James Wilson's State House Yard Speech, October 6, 1787
12. George Mason's Objections to This Constitution of Government, October 7, 1787
13. Brutus I, October 18, 1787
14. Amendments Recommended by the Massachusetts Ratification Convention, February 6, 1788
15. The Federalist, Number 51, February 8, 1788
Bibliographical Essay
Index

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• Historia do direito
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• Constituição: Governo e Estado

1785 Mount Vernon Conference; 1786 Annapolis Convention; 1787 Constitutional Convention; Articles of Confederation; Bill of Rights; Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise); New Jersey Plan; Ratification of the Constitution; Shays' Rebellion; Three-Fifths Compromise; U.S. Constitution; Virginia Plan