Today's installment concludes The Constitutional Convention of the United States,the name of our combined selection from Andrew W. Young and Joseph
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How the Constitutional Convention Was Created
They recommended the appointment of commissioners from all the States, "to meet at Philadelphia, on the second Monday of May next . . . ."Continuing
The Constitutional Convention Adjourns
The whole number of delegates who attended the convention was fifty-five, of whom thirty-nine signed the Constitution.Continuing The Constitutional
Constitutional Convention on Importing Slaves
This was the third 'Great Compromise' of the Constitution.Continuing The Constitutional Convention of the United States,with a selection from The
The Constitutional Convention Debates Slavery
Gouverneur Morris moved to make the free population alone the basis of representation.Continuing The Constitutional Convention of the United
Indus Valley Civilization
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #2.In which John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley
Compromises in the Constitutional Convention
Subsequently a proposition was moved for reckoning three-fifths of the slaves in estimating taxes, and making taxation the basis of representation,