Philadelphia Convention

Jan 27, 2013

Ratifying the U.S. Constitution

Filed Under: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Federalism, George Washington, James Madison, Philadelphia Convention, Separation of Powers, Slavery and the Constitution, State Ratifying Conventions

This next edition of Liberty Law Talk is a discussion with John Vile about his new book, The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution: Practical Virtue in Action. Our discussion, chronologically and philosophically, retraces the dramatic story of …

May 3, 2012

The Virginians

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Filed Under: Edmund Pendleton, Edmund Randolph, Federalists, George Mason, George Nicholas, Henry Lee, James Madison, James Monroe, John Marshall, Patrick Henry, Philadelphia Convention, Virginia Constitution of 1776, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Virginia Ratifying Convention

Ratifying the U.S. Constitution in Virginia

The Philadelphia Convention rent Virginia’s political elite as no event ever had. Not only had Patrick Henry refused his proffered seat (he said he “smelt a rat”), but two of the three delegates who …