The scene. Origins of the Convention -- The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison -- In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan -- Federal versus national. The "two supremes.

All quotations are from “Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787″ by Catherine Drinker Bowen. When 55 delegates from 12 states gathered in ...

"He seems confident," Kosi Asabere said, placing her hands on the bronze statue in front of her. She ran her hands over the ...