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Debate Surrounding the Composition and Ratification of America Constitution Webliography
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Debate Surrounding the Composition and Ratification of America Constitution Webliography
Numerous scholarly articles describe the composition and ratification of American Constitution. They discuss what happened in its wake and analyze it curiously the ideas and issues of this event. This is a presentation of a little webliography of debate surrounding the composition and ratification of America Constitution
U.S. History (2014) http://www.ushistory.org/us/14a.asp is one of the best sources of information on the state constitutions. The site is owned by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia and was founded in 1942. The website covers complicated and serious questions facing the states constitution. It highlights what it means for the state to replace royal authority with an institution while still considering the popular rule. The source gives real time example of the states that have created the most radical constitutions. This state includes the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 which abolished property requirement for holding office as well as for voting. Another radical state constitution highlighted in this site is that of South Carolina of 1778 which created new rules that were contrary to Pennsylvania political spectrum. The rules required white men to possess a significant amount of property to vote. This site is useful as it gives us a greater picture about the popular rule that would play a fundamental role in the ratification of the national constitution in 1787-1788.

Constitution facts http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/about-the-signers/ is a great source of information about the singers of the constitution. The site gives details of the historical day of September 17, 1778, when the constitution was signed. The constitutional convection was made up of 70 delegates, but only 55 delegates attended most of the meetings. On that particular day, Rhode Island did not send any delegate, while other delegates such as, George Mason of Virginia, Edmund Randolph of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refused to sign the final document since they were not comfortable with all powerful government and wanted a bill of rights added to it. The constitution ended up being signed by thirty-nine delegates. This site is very useful since it gives details of the journey of constitution composition and individuals who made a great contribution to its composition.
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/convention-and-ratification.html, Is a good source of information on creating the United States (convention and ratification). The site contains among other things the Virginia and New Jersey plan. The Virginia delegates to the Constitutional Convention, led by James Madison (1741-1836) and George Washington (1732-1799) prepared a plan for proportional representation of legislature and national government with prohibited power over state laws. This site is very useful since it gives insight on the process of ratification of America constitution.
Boundless https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/founding-a-nation-1783-1789-9/the-united-states-constitution-84/the-virginia-and-new-jersey-plans-475-3263/ is a good source of information of the two important plans that affected the final draft of the American constitution. The site gives details of the New Jersey and Virginia plan. The Virginia plan proposed a bicameral legislature that is a legislative branch consisting of two chambers. In this, each state would be represented in respect to their population, state like Virginia will thus have more representatives than smaller states. On the other hand, the New Jersey plan proposed for a unicameral legislature in which each state would have one vote regardless of their size. The site is very useful since it describes how the two contrasting plans were accommodated in the final draft of the American constitution.