Debates in the Constitutional Convention

5 Issues at the Constitutional Convention - Mount Vernon

There were several major issues on the agenda to discuss including representation, state versus federal powers, executive power, slavery, and commerce.

The Major Debates at the Constitutional Convention

The major debates were over representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president, slave trade, and a bill of rights.

BRIA 25 2 The Major Debates at the Constitutional Convention

Debates erupted over representation in Congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. The debates continued through four hot and muggy months.

1787: Madison's Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention

James Madison's "Notes" or "Journal" made during the debates about the adoption of the Federal Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787 are an important source of ...

Elliot's Debates | Articles and Essays | Library of Congress

The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution is a five-volume collection compiled by Jonathan Elliot in the ...

The Constitutional Convention: A Day by Day Account for June 1787

Series: The Constitutional Convention: A Day by Day Account for June 1787 · Article 1: June 1, 1787: National Executive Debated · Article 2: June 2, 1787: Debate ...

Key Debates at the Constitutional Convention - Americana Corner

The most contentious of the Resolves declared that representation in the national congress would be based on wealth (as reflected in the taxes ...

Madison Debates - September 15 - Avalon Project

The States will never agree in their plans, and the Deputies to a second Convention coming together under the discordant impressions of their Constituents, will ...

Presidential Succession and Initial Debates at the Federal Convention

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 discussed presidential succession and inability briefly during recorded debates.

Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention - Avalon Project

The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, which framed the Constitution of the United States of America, reported by James Madison.

The Debate Over the President and the Executive Branch

Soon after it convened, the Constitutional Convention agreed to have a single executive as opposed to a plural executive which was favored by a few ...

Debates in the Constitutional Convention: The Three-Fifths Clause

As adopted, the Constitution read “representatives. . . ... Second, since southern delegates proposed counting slaves the same as free inhabitants, the three- ...

8.4 Info Brief: Key Debate Notes - The National Constitution Center

The delegates had a heated debate over whether to have a single president or whether to divide the executive power between multiple people.

James Madison and the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787

After four months of debate and compromise, recorded in great detail in Madison's "Notes of Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787," the Constitution of 1787 ...

Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the ...

Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Ohio - 1912 ; Week One. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1912 (Pages 21-37) Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1912 ...

Debates in the Federal Convention on Congressional Compensation

An annotation about the Twenty-Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Key Debates at the Constitutional Convention - YouTube

On May 29, 1787, Edmund Randolph from Virginia introduced fifteen resolutions to the Constitutional Convention. Known as the Virginia ...

Module 4: Constitutional Convention and Ratification

4.6 Activity: Necessity of Compromise · What are some of his key arguments? Would you have signed the Constitution at the end of the Convention? · Discuss as ...

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 - National Park Service

As the summer wore on, debates intensified over issues such as choosing a president, powers of congress, and slavery. Independence National ...

The Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution vol. 5

This is Vol. 5 of an influential early 19th century edition of key documents about the ratification of the US Constitution by the states.