Constitutional Convention
Submitted by on January 1, 1999
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Of all the books that were written about the making of the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention, the most fitting title is "Miracle at Philadelphia." This essay is meant to prove that this title is the one which best expresses what went on in Philadelphia for those sweltering four months. This was a critical period in our nation's history. If the delegates had failed, then we might not be a nation, but a land of fifty countries. The Constitution set forth a strong national government which this country needed.
The Convention pitted west against east, north against south, the larger states against the smaller states, and still managed to pull together one of the greatest and most important documents this world has ever known. The men who participated in this convention did not call it a "Constitutional Convention," because this would have scared away a majority...