From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the ConstitutionThis text examines how lingering problems beyond the ratification struggle threatened to undermine popular acceptance of the constitution. It focuses on the addition and need of the Bill of Rights to the constitution of the United States by James Madison. |
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THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER 1787 | 15 |
8 | 32 |
THE POLITICS OF RATIFICATION | 36 |
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