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

...second Monday in May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear 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...

...calling on states to appoint commissioners to meet at Philadelphia to devise amendments to the Articles "and to report such an Act for that purpose to the...when agreed to, by them, and afterwards confirmed bv the Legislamres of everv State will effecmallv provide the same."t1 Congress responded to the call...

...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...

...1787 ein Konvent zusammen, »to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear 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...

...attended by only five state delegations, so another convention was called for May 1787 in Philadelphia to "render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union" (100). The local rebellion against the state government in Massachusetts known as "Shay's Rebellion,"...

...Convention at Philadelphia, on the second Monday in May next, with powers to devise such further provision as shall appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigences of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States...

...further provisions, as may be necessary to render the Federal Constitution adequate . . . reporting such an Act for that purpose, to the United States in Congress, as, when agreed to by them, and duly confirmed by the several states, will effectually provide for...

...into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as should would effectually provide for the same. Congress, on the 21st of February, 1787, adopted a resolution...