...Convention at Annapolis recommended a national convention at Philadelphia in the ensuing month of May, " to take into consideration the situation of the United...to devise such further provisions as shall appear necessary to render the Constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union,...

...Convention at Annapolis recommended a national convention at Philadelphia in the ensuing month of May, " to take into consideration the situation of the United...to devise such further provisions as shall appear necessary to render the Constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union,...

...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....

...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...

...procure the concurrence of the other States, in the appointment of Commissioners, to meet at Phuadelphia on the second Monday in May next, to take into consideration...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...

...called on the states to send commissioners "to meet at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next ... to devise such further provisions as shall appear...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...

...Volksabstimmung angenommen worden war. Ein paar Jahre darauftrat in Philadelphia 1787 ein Konvent zusammen, »to take into consideration the situation of the...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...

...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...