The Constitutional Convention of 1787 : a reference guide / Stuart Leibiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leibiger, Stuart, author.

Leibiger, Stuart Eric, author.

Series:

Guides to Historic Events in America.

Guides to Historic Events in America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).

United States.

United States. Constitution.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional conventions.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional conventions--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 323 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2019.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This history of the 1787 Constitutional Convention uses a chronological narrative format to capture the complexity, messiness, and unfolding daily drama behind the writing of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the role of contingency in that process. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a novel republican form of government to replace the failing Confederation, one that would divide power between the federal government and the states, launching a new phase of the American "experiment" in representative democracy. Not until the end of the American Civil War, nearly a century later, would it become clear, as Abraham Lincoln put it in his Gettysburg Address, "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Reference Guide provides an invaluable guide covering the background to the convention, the convention itself, the ratification of the Constitution, and the adoption of the Bill of Rights. In addition to the narrative itself, the story of the convention is supplemented with a detailed chronology, a rich selection of primary source documents, 15 biographical sketches of convention delegates, and a comprehensive bibliographical essay. Based largely on primary sources, the book also weighs in on some of the historiographical debates that have taken place among scholars about the convention.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400630934

9798216065289

9781440862977

1440862974

OCLC:

1102321074