...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....

...take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution...them and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.105 t 1 Signed by John Dickinson and drafted by...

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

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

...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...

...necessary to render the Fœderal Constitution adequate to the Exigencies of the Union and in reporting such an Act for that purpose to the United States in Congress as when agreed to by them and duly confirmed by the several States will effectually provide for the...

...calling on states to appoint commissioners to meet at Philadelphia to devise amendments to the Articles "and to report such an Act for that purpose to the...when agreed to, by them, and afterwards confirmed bv the Legislamres of everv State will effecmallv provide the same."t1 Congress responded to the call...

...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...

...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,"...

...further provisions, as may be necessary to render the Federal Constitution adequate . . . reporting such an Act for that purpose, to the United States in Congress, as, when agreed to by them, and duly confirmed by the several states, will effectually provide for...