Decision in Philadelphia: the Constitutional Convention of 1787

"Our case may become desperate": Nation in jeopardy

America in 1787

Mind of James Madison

Unbelievable George Washington

Madison plans a government

Alexander Hamilton and the British model

Puzzle of Charles Pinckney

Men, manners, and rules: the convention begins

Large states and the small: Roger Sherman and the art of compromise

William Paterson picks a fight

Battle joined

Luther Martin and a lost opportunity

"Most serious and threatening excitement"

North and south: New alliance

Western lands

Another trade-off

Question of power: Balancing act

Curing the Republican disease

James Wilson, democratic nationalist

In the shadow of Washington

Elbridge Gerry's war against the army

George Mason and the rights of man

"Most remarkable work."