James Madison kept the most extensive Notes of any attendee of the Constitutional Convention.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic also includes an Introduction and appendices from the authors..
Presented with modern punctuation and spelling, judicious cuts, and helpful notes-plus fascinating background information on every delegate and an overview of the tumultuous times-here is the great drama of how the Constitution came to be, from the opening statements to the final votes.
Inspired by a sense of History in the making, he kept the most extensive Notes of any attendee.
Now two esteemed scholars have made these minutes accessible to everyone.
That summer, the Virginian was instrumental in organizing the Constitutional Convention, in which one of the world\'s greatest documents would be debated, created, and signed.
So thirty-six-year-old James Madison believed.
A truly national government was needed, one that could raise money, regulate commerce, and defend the states against foreign threats-without becoming as overbearing as England.
The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently deposed.
In 1787, the American union was in disarray.
High school & older.
Now his Notes are presented with modern punctuation and spelling and helpful notes, fascinating background information on every delegate, and an overview of the tumultuous times.
James Madison kept the most extensive Notes of any attendee of the Constitutional Convention
