...Philadelphia on the second Monday in May 1787 to debate not only joint commercial problems but also "to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union."15 Congress, responding to the sentiment of the Annapolis convention, and too weak to reform...

...the call went out to all of the states to send representatives to gather in Philadelphia in May 1 787 to "render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union." George Washington, summoned from his retirement at Mount Vernon, led the Virginia delegation....

...second Monday in May next to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary...federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union, and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when...

...commissioners called on each state to send delegates to a federal convention in order to devise such provisions "as shall appear to them necessary to render...Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union." When the proposal reached Congress and the states, there was little momentum for a constitutional...

...states to send commissioners "to meet at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next ... to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary...Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union. "M With this declaration, the first step was taken toward convening the Constitutional Convention...

...more sweeping convention the following May in Philadelphia that would be empowered to make changes "as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution...Federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union" (Bradford 1984, 42). Hamilton's important role in bringing about the convention stands in stark...

...second Monday in May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Fœderal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such' an Act for that purpose...

...into Consideration the Situation of the United States, and to devise such further Provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution...federal government adequate to the Exigencies of the Union."20 That convention in Philadelphia drafted the Constitution of the United States. Hamilton was...

...1787 ein Konvent zusammen, »to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Foederal Government adequate to the exigencies of the 8 3. November 1775, in: Journals of the Continental...

...attended by only five state delegations, so another convention was called for May 1787 in Philadelphia to "render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union" (100). The local rebellion against the state government in Massachusetts known as "Shay's Rebellion,"...