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1:5 – 1787: Ratification Process Changed 

Originally, the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 were tasked to simply revise, or amend, the Articles of Confederation and to “render,” or make, the then-existing Federal Constitution and the...

1:4 – 1787: A New Government Instituted

At the beginning of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, delegates from Virginia proposed a more national form of government. Under the Articles of Confederation, we had a purely federal form of...