Constitutional Convention

The U.S. Constitution established the United States of America as a federal presidential republic and acts as the supreme law of the country. It established the framework for the federal government, creating three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches. It succeeded the…

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">A leading American historian challenges the long-entrenched interpretation originated by the late Charles A. Beard</span> </span></p>

<p>After the Revolution, Washington returned to farming at Mount Vernon but eventually called for that he wished a “Convention of the People” to establish a “Federal Constitution”</p>

<p><span class="deck"> Did the fifty-five statesmen meeting in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention know that a witch-hunt was taking place while they deliberated? Did they care?</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">A diminutive, persuasive Virginian hijacked the Constitutional Convention and forced the moderates to accept a national government with vastly expanded powers.</span></p>

<p>It is important to tell the story of the Constitution’s origins in a way that demythifies it. Impressive as they were, the men who wrote the Constitution were not demigods; they had interests, prejudices, and moral blind spots.</p>