A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionHarcourt, 2002 - 310 Seiten 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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... John Blair would be wearing the robes of a Supreme Court justice , along with the much - respected lawyer John Rutledge and the brilliant James Wilson . Even Washington's old friend Edmund Randolph , whose opposition to the Constitution ...
... John Blair would be wearing the robes of a Supreme Court justice , along with the much - respected lawyer John Rutledge and the brilliant James Wilson . Even Washington's old friend Edmund Randolph , whose opposition to the Constitution ...
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... John Hanson March 1 1781 Daniel Carroll Do On the Part and Behalf of the State of Virginia : Richard Henry Lee Jno Harvie John Banister Francis Lightfoot Lee Thomas Adams On the part and Behalf of the State of No Carolina : John Penn ...
... John Hanson March 1 1781 Daniel Carroll Do On the Part and Behalf of the State of Virginia : Richard Henry Lee Jno Harvie John Banister Francis Lightfoot Lee Thomas Adams On the part and Behalf of the State of No Carolina : John Penn ...
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... John Jay , George Washington , Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , and Thomas Jefferson , to name only the most notable , have been edited , annotated , and made available by the remarkable energies of historians working for decades on ...
... John Jay , George Washington , Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , and Thomas Jefferson , to name only the most notable , have been edited , annotated , and made available by the remarkable energies of historians working for decades on ...
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Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER | 11 |
CHAPTER | 30 |
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A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution Carol Berkin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |
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