The United States Constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal government with more specific powers, including those related to ...

The result of the convention was the creation of the Constitution of the United States, placing the Convention among the most significant events in American ...

The rule of secrecy helped make the Constitutional Convention a civil and deliberative body, rather than a partisan one. It helped make compromise an attribute ...

An essay documenting Madison as intellectual leader and keeper of the memory of the gathering that created the United States Constitution in the summer of 1787.

Apr 10, 2024 · The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation.

While the Convention was intended merely to revise the Articles of Confederation, the objective of its leaders was to create a new government. One vigorous ...

The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was ...

A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787. Known as the Constitutional Convention, ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior protects America's natural resources and heritage, honors our cultures and tribal communities, and supplies the energy ...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), convenes member economies of the world to come together annually in the form of the ...