...Philadelphia on the second Monday in May, 1787, "to devise such further provisions as shall appear to be necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union. ' ' This was the convention which framed the Constitution, and the declaration of the Supreme...

...consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the UnioH, and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when...

...September 1786 to reconvene the following May to •devise such further provisions as shell appear to ehen necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union."1 Out of despair and frustration arose the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and with it America's...

...convention, set for Philadelphia in 1787, "to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union." Writing to Monroe from Annapolis, Madison reported that this was "an intimation of the expediency...

...Alexander Hamilton) calling for a new convention at Philadelphia in May 1787 to discuss all matters necessary "to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union."28 By late 1785 Washington himself had concluded that the confederation was "a shadow without...

...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....

...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...

...send delegates to a federal convention in order to devise such provisions "as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union." When the proposal reached Congress and the states, there was little momentum for a constitutional...

...consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union, and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when...

...Philadelphia on the second Monday in May next ... to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union. "M With this declaration, the first step was taken toward convening the Constitutional Convention...